<Day 12 Lunchtime>

As Antwin talked to Jeneve Breezy moved casually around cleaning up the
remnants of the meal and watching Coo and Dizzi.

<snip>
Breezy snapped her fingers. "What about some kind of martial art? Maybe
stick fighting?"

"Excellent suggestions! I have just the person in mind, too! However it
may take some time to send a message to him. He lives in the southern
dragonlands. He retired to a small village near Falagand, but I'm
sure I could convince him to make a trip up North. That is, if I was
properly motivated." He winked at Jeneve.
<end snip>

The redhead almost choked with laughter listening to the handsome male.
She dearly loved smooth talking males and the bard was definitely a
class act.  Breezy's slight snort caught Antwin's attention and the
woman looked away before the warren lady followed his gaze and caught
the big grin on her face.

"Breezy I'm so sorry.  You're mad at me now aren't you? I'm afraid I've
made a mess of things. I just couldn't think of actually killing someone
that would be horrible."  Jeneve said on the verge of tears her voice
breaking slightly as she looked at the knives.

The Sr. Wingleader closed her eyes as she looked up into the sky.  Her
face a picture of grim determination.  Looking back at the very young
warrenlady Breezy's face broke into a grin her huge blue eyes sparkled,
"Oh Jeneve, I'm not mad at you. And you haven't screwed up and believe
me you're not a failure. But we have to face facts here, you are the
Warrenlady now and certain things will be expected of you."

Jeneve hung her head and said softly, "I know! But I don't think I could
.........." She sighed letting the sentence fall.

"Hon, I'm not asking you to kill anybody, that's the last thing that any
of us wants.  We just would feel better if we knew that you had a little
more knowledge on maybe taking care of yourself." Shrugging her
shoulders the redhead continued, "So knives aren't your cup of tea we'll
just have to find something that is."

The redhead pursed her lips then winking at the bard she said, "You know
Jeneve sometimes you just plain gotta get mad. So that when
someone....," Antwin was smart and if Breezy judged her males correctly
this hopefully wouldn't be too painful of a lesson, "does this!"  The
bard was a little surprised by the incredible speed of the smaller woman
and wasn't quite prepared for her putting him in a loose headlock. But
he recovered quickly and looking at Jeneve's wide eyes answered with a
grin. "That way you can do this!" Grabbing the redhead's arm he flipped
Breezy easily and she found herself laying on the ground staring up at
him.  Thankfully the bard picked up on the situation and flipped her
somewhat gently.  Last time she had done this kind of demonstration her
butt hurt for a week.  Grabbing Breezy's hand Antwin pulled her to her
feet.

Jeneve stared at both of them open mouthed, "Breezy are you ok?"

"I'm fine! This was just to show you that there are ways to defend
yourself without using a weapon. Little moves like this can come in
really handy and it would be relatively easy to learn. I'm sure Jack
would more than love to help his sister learn a few holds."

A little hope appeared in the Warrenlady's eyes and Breezy smiled,
"Attitude is everything Jeneve, if you feel defenseless, you will be.
Learning a few holds will help you gain a little confidence.  You know
you may never ever have to use them it's the fact that you have the
knowledge if you need too."  Antwin shook his head in agreement.

A little smile crossed Jeneve's face, "I think I understand," she said
uncertainly.

Breezy snapped her finger's, "and I have the perfect thing for you. It's
really not a weapon as such and I imagine your Head Wingleader well
probably came unglued with laughter if he sees you with it. Now you're
not gonna kill anyone with it but if you practice and get your aim down
you can slow someone down real quick."

"That sounds much better what is it?" Jeneve asked. The tall blonde and
the bard were both  looking at Breezy quizzically as she walked over to
the greenish dragon. Digging into the saddle the redhead brought our a
strange looking item.  Breezy contained a smile when she saw the amused
look on Antwin's face.  Grabbing a stray chunk of wood laying on the
ground she placed it end up on the nearest stump  then walked back over
to the couple.

"What is that?" the younger woman asked curiously.

"This my dear is a slingshot and by all accounts technically a child's
toy but......"  Looking around at the ground Breezy picked up a few
loose stones. She placed one in the leather pouch. Holding it tightly in
place Breezy pulled back aimed at the chunk of wood and let go.  The
stone flew true and she heard Jeneve gasp as the chunk of wood was
knocked off the stump.  "Now," Breezy said, "depending on what you use
to fire it with depends on how much damage you can cause.  You can
practice with this in your office shooting paper wads at the garbage can
if you want that's up to you.  But I would like if you could at least
give it a try."

Before Jeneve could say anything Breezy handed her the slingshot and
stone then said, "Miss Dizzi has promised me a tour of the warren.  You
two have fun."  Walking away the redhead called to the little girl and
dragon.

Taking Breezy's hand Dizzi skipped along happily calling and waving to
the warrenlady, "Bye Miss Jeneve!"

Tag: Carina - here you go Hon have fun.

Respectfully submitted
aka
Tree Deutscher
treedr@yelmtel.com

*A pat on the back is only a few centimeters from a kick in the butt.*












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