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[anewlanguage]

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Every now and again I see people curious to learn some hand to hand--or hell, some weapons--fighting. I'm offering to teach, assuming you're up to the task. I'll tell you now, not everyone will be.


[PRIVATE VIDEO to BARBARA and IRIS]

[Admittedly he hesitated to put Barbara on the filter but logic wins out in the end.]

So what've you two put together about the Barge's engines? Need to bounce a few ideas at you.

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[fridgetothefire]

[She takes another breath, deep but not particularly slow, lets herself settle. She nods, smiles.

She thinks of the sound the curtain made when it was pulled aside, so much louder than her breath, the way the marble floor vibrated under her thin-soled shoes when Magneto bellowed, startled and embarrassed to realize she was there, even though of course he could sense her iron blood the whole time. She'd just kept still and quiet, and he'd forgotten.

She thinks of the moment she cracked, or was forged, the moment she decided to kill him. None of it overpowers her, anymore. It's baked into her foundations, but they're steady, and she knows where all the pitfalls are. She's calm when she answers, secure in herself.]

I am. It just brought up some memories - unexpected, not unbearable.

[She clasps her hands behind her back, strides around the space, a quick but careful examination. She's not a small girl, though she sometimes still holds herself like one, 5'7" plus sturdy boots, starts listing places, half-consciously ranking them by the range of movement she'd have to strike from if someone caught and cornered her. It's easy, like this. A game she can do well at.]

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[anewlanguage]

[He nods, and doesn't ask--if he needs to know, it will come up later. That's how these things work if you're expected to sink or swim. So he steps back and watches her as she analyzes the room, and then he makes his way to the lights.]

You'll have forty seconds to hide. Assume there are two soldiers--for now we'll say they're regular, decently-trained humans. They're both out to capture you, and you don't know what weapons they have.

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[fridgetothefire]

Do I know who else is in earshot?

[If they find her, how imperative is it to take them out before they yell.]

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[anewlanguage]

No. Smart money has you assuming that there's more out there, though.

[Which he's sure she would have assumed with just a simple 'no', now that he thinks of it, so he'll have to test those skills later.]