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I with skull and crossbones, a dog carrying a bone in his mouth, a pile of dinosaur bones "What?"
He waves his hands, sighing "Nevera pad of sticky notes from my desk and my favorite pencil I’m about to shout at hi Doug in the battle arena floods rill offiercely at hiht blindingme with his sword--held fir his left hand, cocked at weird angle, to scribble down his nu I study him as he does it I’ve known that Jordan is left-handed, but before now, that infor soh the ind of i and I are on par, skill-wise But his advantage is that he fights right-handed ainst left-handers Practicing and sparring against a left-hander--even if not as skilled as Doug--ainst hihly twelve percent of the population I know of no one who is physically fit enough to imen and who is also left-handed Until now, that is
Jordan straightens and turns to leave when I speak out "Stop I’ve just thought of how you can ely, out of the side of his eyes "Yeah? What’s that?"
"You can co my sessions with the European ether "Martial arts? You mean like karate or tae kwon do?"
I sigh Jordan is smart--most of the time--but sometimes he can be dense "Those are Asianabout European , et cetera I’ with sword and board"
"Sword and what?"
"It’s the term for a shield, or buckler I need a left-handed person to train against for those bouts"
"You’re fighting another duel?"
"Yes And it’s very i on me If you want to make it up to ive you after that"
His mouth purses for a minute like he just ate a lemon "I’m not responsible if I beat the crap out of you, ae it, no But your overconfidence is your weakness," I say, repeating Luke Skywalker’s line from Return of the Jedi
"Your faith in your friends is yours," he quotes back "Fine I’ll do it Hell, I et to date April?" When he opens his"Joke" By far a joke April is very pretty, but she is nothing compared to Jenna And as far as my mind is concerned, Jenna is the only one Since I first laid eyes on her, I haven’t thought about any other woman Just her
I am not about to let her down I’ll do whatever it takes to win this For her
Later that night, I continue e into my workout clothes, ready for a short run I complete five kilometers in about twenty es and free weights, I begin to work onmoves