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When; June 02, afternoon
Rating; PG-13
Characters; Gatts

beast_at_bay and Rin Asano

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Summary; Gatts decides to assess Rin's abilities for training.
Log;

Gatts waited patiently at the edge of the forest, with his arms crossed. He hoped she was on time. One thing a warrior needed was timing, so lagging behind wasn't an option. She had a five minute window, but after that he had to go into the forest. Night would be falling soon.

"Oi, Rin!" he called out, "You out here?"

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Since his swing at her legs was slowed down, Rin was able to parry it quite easily. She was happy to be successful, but she couldn't lose concentration now.

She aimed another blow at Gatts' side.

He deflected the shot, turning with it and letting her pass by him.

"Don't put so much strength into a glancing blow, you leave yourself open if you overshoot."

He dropped low and aimed a sudden leg sweep at her feet.

This time, Rin was startled and stumbled clumsily backwards, only to land on her bottom.

"Oh... ah, sorry!" As quickly as she could, she fumbled to get back up and into a fighting stance.

"I'll heed your advice." With that, she swung her sword in his direction once more, this time trying to put less strength into it.

He parried the blade up over and head and held it there, craning his neck down to speak to her.

"When you put too little power in, your enemy can easily turn aside your blow," he said, stepping back and lowering his sword, "That's enough sword-work for right now."

When he'd finished speaking, Rin lowered her blade and turned around, looking for the sheath. When she'd found it, she carefully slid the blade in, shortly admiring the carvings.

Taking the liberty to sit back down on one of the stumps, Rin eyed Gatts. "Anything else you would like to see?"

"Sure. A little something for your head. Let's say I was going to use that blade," he pointed to the large Dragonslayer laying near the man. It as easily taller than she was, "Now look around. A good part of battle is using the terrain. Fighting a large opponent is better when you limit his ability. Where is it best to fight me if I have that kind of blade?"

Rin looked at the huge blade, slightly taken aback. It looked like it could slay a man with one swing - and really, doing that was probably no problem with that thing. On second though, however, she noticed its wide range.

"I would try getting very close to you. The blade has a very wide range, so I could have a better chance fighting you when I am at the center of its range. It looks like it's not very good to operate with in short-distance fights."

"True, but the problem is closing the distance," he said, pointing to the trees, "The trees outside this clearing would block my stroke, or relegate me to vertical strikes. Terrain control is important. Lure the enemy to somewhere that he can't fully utilize his power. Dense foliage makes large movements difficult."

Rin listened carefully, then nodded in understanding. "I can see that, yes. Thank you."

"Anyway," he said, standing, "It's good for an assessment. Good job."

He patted her head and hefted his gear again.

"I'll lead you back, since it's pretty dark out."

A bit perplexed at being petted on the head, Rin frowned slightly for a moment. She was grateful about his offer to lead her back, though - she was not keen on going through that forest alone. Thus, she sprang up from her seat, placing her sword back in its strap, and prepared to follow him.

Gatts set out with her close in tow, to lead her back through the city.

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