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[sankta]

FROM: starkov.alina@cdc.org

For what?!

[sturmhond]

FROM: sturmhond@cdc.org

Have you noticed how many amateur fighters there are here, Alina?

[sankta]

FROM: starkov.alina@cdc.org

Yes. How does metal help?

[sturmhond]

FROM: sturmhond@cdc.org

I'd have a job making bullets without it. You don't expect me to use something as common as wax, do you?

[sankta]

FROM: starkov.alina@cdc.org

They have bullets.

FROM: starkov.alina@cdc.org

How does more help?

FROM: starkov.alina@cdc.org

And give a straight answer this time.

[sturmhond]

FROM: sturmhond@cdc.org

You're so impatient. Sometimes I wonder why I talk to you.

FROM: sturmhond@cdc.org

They have live rounds, lovely, and they're a limited resource. Using them for training is a waste.

FROM: sturmhond@cdc.org

I'm making training rounds, non-lethal. We can use them to teach, and save the live rounds for a real fight.

[sankta]

FROM: starkov.alina@cdc.org

Was that so hard to do?

FROM: starkov.alina@cdc.org

And you talk to me because no one else will put up with you as long as I do.

FROM: starkov.alina@cdc.org

Who's 'we'?

[sturmhond]

[ Dear Alina. He's so glad you asked. ]

FROM: sturmhond@cdc.org

I like to keep you guessing, you know that.

FROM: sturmhond@cdc.org

I would have thought that was obvious. You know, I think you'd be an excellent teacher.

[sankta]

[ She regretted it as soon as she hit 'send' ]

FROM: starkov.alina@cdc.org

No.

[sturmhond]

[ Excellent start. Perfect footing for negotiation. ]

FROM: sturmhond@cdc.org

Now, don't be hasty. I don't need a yes straight away, but I do think you'd be decent. And besides that, you could use the practice.

[sankta]

FROM: starkov.alina@cdc.org

Botkin was a teacher. I'm still learning.

FROM: starkov.alina@cdc.org

I need a teacher. I need Baghra. I don't need to be teaching.

[sturmhond]

FROM: sturmhond@cdc.org

You need Baghra?

[sankta]

FROM: starkov.alina@cdc.org

If you know any other Grisha teachers that are better for my knees and my self-esteem I'm taking recommendations. In the meantime, there's only Baghra. [ If the Darkling hadn't already got to her... ]

[sturmhond]

[ Hmm. Prepare for a sudden switch to audio, Alina. He wants to sound gentle here, and it's hard to do that with text. ]

I'll get Baghra for you. I promised. You are however going to have to give me some kind of leeway, on account of being stuck on an alien planet. Grisha training will have to wait.

[sankta]

I know you will. I didn't trust her to your for nothing.

[ But all of that aside, because she can't focus on that. ]

I'm not at any skill-level to teach.

[sturmhond]

Then I'll teach you, as well.

[sankta]

You will?

[sturmhond]

I will.

Though I suspect you're better than you imagine. You generally are.

[sankta]

Do I have to train the others to get training from you? [ Ignoring that last part intentionally. ]

[sturmhond]

[ He's smiling. She's getting to know him a little too well. ]

You know, teaching others is its own form of training.

[sankta]

Why do I still talk to you?

Fine. I'll do it. But you better be a damn good teacher.

[sturmhond]

[ He injects a tone of moderate disbelief into his voice. ]

Saints, you must have forgotten who you're talking to. I'll have you shooting a bullseye at fifty feet within a week.

And that's before we even get on to the fencing lessons.

[sankta]

Does this mean I have to buy a sword now?

[sturmhond]

Do you mean to tell me you haven't?

[sankta]

I was just going to get food and clothes. Maybe some new knives.