So I don't forget again

Entry 169: Rito Village

How long has it been since I've last written in here? I'm not sure. Teba and I have been doing almost nothing but training, the only exception being a short break for rest or teaching Tulin. I think I learn the most when teaching. I have to break down my every move into smaller bits. Now that I actually know what I'm doing without instinct taking over, I can try to refine my every step. I can figure out where I'm wasting stamina and leaving openings and improve upon them till I can fight without rest and leave no openings.

I guess this is what I was supposed to be, right? An amazing fighter? Have I really changed since I started this? I'm still doing what I was told to by the King the only difference is I've 'found my own reasons to do this' but are they real? Am I not just trying to justify my actions to myself for some reason? Is that what I did all along back then? Am I still just exactly the same?

None of this matters really, but I can't stop thinking about it.

It was just me and Tulin today. Teba said he had spent too long away from Saki, even if helping me prepare to face the Calamity was in a way a service for his family and Hyrule, there are times when distant service isn't enough and you need to go back and do something more direct for them, to remind them, in case they doubt you. He had worried her enough already and he didn't want to keep doing that, she deserved to have her partner by her side.

Because it was just me and Tulin I did nothing but teach. I wonder why children are so much more observant than adults. Maybe it's because they're not set in certain ways yet, everything is still new to them and they're still testing things out. Tulin asked a lot of questions, and actually got me to question my fighting form a little. My Hylian form is much slower and clunker than the Rito, their emphasis is being fast and accurate.

When training with Teba we mostly fight but he hasn't actually taught me the Rito fighting style. What about the Zora, Gorons and Gerudo? How do their fighting styles differ? I know the Zoras mostly use spears and focus more on being defensive, and the Gerudo are more so focus on light weaponry but I've never studied their forms.

Maybe I can make something new, something that takes the best from all of them. Maybe create new moves to compliment the various forms. Perhaps something highlighting everyone's strengths would be stronger than my Hylian form. But in creating something new, I'll have to constantly practice, learn of it's weaknesses, nothing is without weakness and I'll need to learn how to avoid any attacks to it. I'll also need to quickly figure out if this endeavor is actually worth it or not, know if I should just give up while I'm a head so I don't just waste time.

While I'm training maybe I can ask the children what they think. Surely they'd notice things I wouldn't since I'm so used to fighting. They could maybe help be break down everything so I could puzzle them together easier.

When Teba comes back I'll ask him to train me in the ways of the Rito. Then... I guess while I visit everyone I'll ask them if they could train me. And I'm sure the Shikah must also have a different fighting form from Hylian soldiers so maybe I could learn from them too. And maybe a new recipe or two, and now I'm just craving honey baked apples.

Bossa Nova ate most of the ones I made. Tulin and I only got a few and Tulin was starving after us running from Bossa Nova, trying to keep him from eating them all. He already ate dinner and certainly wasn't hungry before I started cooking them! The few Tulin had he REALLY liked. Said he was going to ask his mom to make them for dessert some time. Teba had actually caught this and just watched as we ran and said it was rather funny. Tulin was mad his dad didn't help us.

I told Teba of my idea and he was intrigued by it and said that if this was a success I'd have to pay him back by teaching him and Tulin.

Now with this last bit jotted down I'm off to learn from Teba!