[As well as she could with these lame Battle Dome simulations anyway.]
I didn't expect to see you here, though. So you are a fighter?
[She remembers what she's heard about the Hunger Games. Kids forced to kill each other with little or no battle experience. What she didn't know was whether the ones who had trained for it were trained to fight, or trained to kill. To her, there's a big difference.]
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[As well as she could with these lame Battle Dome simulations anyway.]
I didn't expect to see you here, though. So you are a fighter?
[She remembers what she's heard about the Hunger Games. Kids forced to kill each other with little or no battle experience. What she didn't know was whether the ones who had trained for it were trained to fight, or trained to kill. To her, there's a big difference.]
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[Cato says with a slight furrow to his brow - it's actually amazing they've never run into one another here.
In answer to Karla's question, Cato brandishes his Third Party sword.]
Since I could walk.
[He doesn't seem to see a difference between fighting and killing.]
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[That's quite a long time. Which means he must be skilled.]
I admire a fighter with dedication. Now I can't help but wonder just how good you are.
[Hint, hint...]
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I can show you better than I can tell you.
[He grins, a hint of the cockiness he always carried with him before still there but it's tempered.]
Wanna go a few rounds?
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[She smiles slightly in anticipation. She doesn't have the same cockiness, but she carries the perfect blend of confidence and innocence.]
[She casually draws her Wo Dao from its sheath, bringing the blade down to her side.]
All right, I'm ready when you are.