Entering the backyard, Walter found Keith hanging from a branch of the poor tree he'd been attacking daily for training.
He did several sets of one-arm pull-ups with one arm as he shadow-boxed with the other, all while using Sóma to fight off fatigue.
Walter: Hey, Keith. I've been thinking...
Keith: About?
Walter: We don't do much together... And I'd like to change that.
Walter: Yesterday, the idea of bringing you to my dojo came up.
Walter: Thinking it over... Yeah. Why don't you come to train with me and my class this weekend?
Walter: We have real equipment.
Keith ponders as he continues to do pull-ups.
Keith: I-
He notices his older sister gesturing to him.
Ashley:(gestures) Say yes!
Keith:(gives a look to say) The tournament! What if he finds out!?
Ashley:(gestures) Do it! He's been looking for a chance to bond with you!
Keith:(rolls eyes)
Keith: Sure... A change of pace might do me some good.
Walter: Great!
Ashley: Oh hey guys. I was just dropping by-
Keith: Don't you mean eavesdropping
Ashley: Don't you have more training to do?
Keith: Perhaps you should join in?
Ashley: I'm not punching a tree and chipping a nail.
Keith: If you didn't want to spend time with me, you can just say so.
Walter: Come on, Ashley. You can train a little with your brother...
Ashley:(gasp)
Ashley: But we-
Ashley: Forget it...
Walter leaves as Ashley walks up to the tree.
Keith:(smirks)
Ashley: Wipe that look off your face!
Keith: This is for your good. You'll get left behind if you don't train diligently.
Ashley: Why even punch a tree?
Keith: As you can see...(does pull up) You can do more than punch a tree.
Ashley: Allow me to rephrase the question. Why tree?
Keith: If you can knock down a tree through your own power, you are no longer a student but a master.
Ashley: That's dumb.
Keith: Say that after you get hit by someone who can punch a tree in half.
Tapping the knives in her jacket, Ashley uses Geist to levitate them to slash the branch Keith was hanging onto. In a single file line, they did so and cut off the branch.
Keith:!?
Keith fell, but the branch was held in the air by Ashley's knives.
Ashley: Little bro, don't get too cocky now. I've got power too, you know?
She grinned at her hard-working brother who turned away from his naturally talented sister.
Keith: Hmph. Whatever...
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Law Of Combat
ActionIn this world, everything is determined by combat. If you agree to battle along with the terms of victory and defeat, you must abide by it, no matter the outcome. Or face the wrath of the law. Do you want something without paying? Fight. Do you wis...
