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"Howto hurt?" I narrowed my eyes

"Just re and going out the back door

Groaning, I stood up and followed her out, knowing that she was right I had no one to blame but reed to helpshe wasn’t going to enjoy herself She was going to love every ot to beathow to take a punch was the hard part Or rather, trying to learn to avoid being punched was the hard part I had no idea how to block, so being fast andout of the ere my best options

"That’s it You are not human!" I pointed at the tiny ninja in front ofand put your hands up!" Mavis ht and I back peddled "Stop doing that"

"You’re a spiderto do? Oof!" One of her tiny fists slaer than I am Use your size" She twirled and her foot shot towardwhich seeround and I fu her knee into rip and rolled into a standing position "You had ue off" I stuck erly

"Get up There is no crying in sparring"

I stood up and brushed my backside off Maybe I would be better once I’d practiced the katas more Those would teach me how to move and weave aroundflesh made me wince and I looked over at Kenny and Owen Kenny was bent over and cursing under his breath Oas patting his shoulder with a pained expression It looked like I wasn’t the only one suffering

That afternoon as I sat on the grass next to Kenny, I tried to give myself reassurance I’d picked up the katas pretty quickly which hadexercise Owen approved of my stances, but otherwise didn’t say much to me

Katas here doll and despite that, I’d still found it hard to actually try to hurt her My punches eak I needed to punch through the foam paddles she held up, but pulled back each time my knuckles h to touch her nose withMavis over my shoulder, I’d been a co, which was more than I could say about Kenny

"Here, you needbetween us and handed it to him for his nose

"Phanks" He discarded the bloody paper he’d been using and replaced it with the new stuff, careful to keep his head tilted backward "Phis bows"

I snorted Yep, it really did blow