BRILITH

[voidbreaker]

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[infire]

Isn't there always.

[ she doesn't shy away, meeting his gaze evenly, with a wry smile. ]

Are you so sure you'll like the "Bril" that I am now?

[voidbreaker]

Oh, sure. Always.

[ beneath the surface, there's always something. He just grins back. This isn't the soft or polite Bril, no, but... ]

Dunno. You gonna let me find out?

[infire]

[ she huffs a soft laugh under her breath. it's the first remotely good thing she's felt since...

...how strange. ]

I don't expect you to give me a choice. You aren't the type to take no for an answer.

[voidbreaker]

Not when it matters. Allow me that much -- I'm good at adjusting.

[infire]

Then you won't mind a spar, will you? So I can show you that I won't need you to teach me to fight, after all.

[voidbreaker]

[ Now THAT gets him properly grinning. ]

Sure. I could do with a challenge.

[infire]

I'm not as powerful without my magic, and this body is still weaker than I'm used to... but I'll give you a good one, once this damn sedative wears off. You can be sure of that.

[voidbreaker]

I’ll be lookin’ forward to it, Bril. Channel some of that anger into it and you’ll probably find the lack of magic isn’t such a handicap.

[ he’d said she had some good natural instincts before, yeah? that can’t have just vanished along with this change. The body’s the same, after all. ]

[infire]

I've lived plenty of lives where I wasn't a magician. Lack of skill won't stop me - only this body.

[ but wow! she's looking forward to this, now. thanks, ash. ]

[voidbreaker]

Train it up and give me a challenge. I'm in need of one here.

[ fight club! fight club! fight club!! ]

[infire]

I intend to. This one may have needed protection, but I don't.

...Do you think there are others who would want to spar, too?

[ we could really do fight club and she'd be right there to try and kick his ass ]

[voidbreaker]

If you told Gooseberry there was a fight club I bet he'd be all over that in an instant.

[ they could all FIGHT ]

[infire]

Who is "Gooseberry"?

[voidbreaker]

The angry one. Lio.

[ look at this hypocrite. calling someone else "the angry one" ]

[infire]

Oh. He does like to fight, doesn't he... [ she huffs. ] Maybe if I defeat him he'll stop acting like he's my boss.

[voidbreaker]

Beating something usually does literally show 'em who's boss. Just make sure it's you, not him, and you're sorted.

[infire]

Of course. Even if I lose, I don't plan on calling him "boss" like he seems to think I should, but it would feel nice to make him back down.

[voidbreaker]

Imagine if you could bottle the confidence that guy has and sell it. You’d be rich.

[ Lio “call me boss” Fotia ]

[infire]

If only it were so easy. There are plenty of people who could use something like that.

[voidbreaker]

If it were that easy, there'd be no self-doubt anywhere. I can think of a few people who could do with that.