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[eyeforaneye]

Who: Uchiha Sasuke+YOU
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: SS Huntress
When: Jan. 31

A few things.

There are a good number of fighters here or people otherwise trained in combat. I'm interested in observing people's abilities or training, or at least discussing what they can do. Spars could also be arranged if you want some exercise.

Secondly, I'll take recommendations for good literature available around here.

Finally, if you know how to knit or crochet then I'll offer you up to ten credits to watch you create something.

[ Yeah, this isn't weird. For anyone interested in action he'll be holed up in his room on the Huntress! ]

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[eyeforaneye]

[ He doesn't look away, noting Remus's increased effort and waiting -- as patiently as he ever can -- for the result. Again he wants to be critical but he wouldn't have expected instant perfection. Just demand it. Like an asshole.

His own chakra flares up in response, pushing back to try to spur Remus's on further before he finally pulls his own hand back. ]

If you practice strengthening and maintaining it you may be able to make use of it after all.

[theshabbiestofmen]

[It's difficult not because of the technique, but because it's so foreign to him. Still, even as Sasuke pulls his hand back, Remus maintains the flow of energy, keeping it in the palm of his hand.]

Another exercise to add to my list, hm?

[But he will. He wants to try and learn this new method of magic, just as he wants to learn wandless magic. Not for power's sake, but for knowledge's.]

[eyeforaneye]

One in which I expect you to perform better.

Control of your chakra will start with your fuller understanding and awareness of it, which will in term come from meditation and the familiarization of your paths of energy. You aren't a physical person and thus already seem incredibly out of touch with your body. [ Gentle as ever. ]

[theshabbiestofmen]

You meditate?

[He ignores that insult in favor of the question. Much easier that way.]

[eyeforaneye]

[ You're so patient, Remus. ]

Yes. [ A pause. ]

Don't tell me you're going to ask me to teach you that too.

[theshabbiestofmen]

Surprising as it may seem, I'm simply interested in you.

[He has no idea how to meditate, but like hell he'll ask after that.]

[eyeforaneye]

I'm not difficult to work out. I'm an honest person.

[ One of these two statements is -- sort of -- true. ]

So sure, it's hard to believe. Just be direct with me.

[theshabbiestofmen]

I hardly said you were difficult. But your world is so different than mine that it's difficult to know what's similar and what's different. Meditation isn't precisely common in my world.

[Nope still not admitting it.]

[eyeforaneye]

And yet you're familiar enough with it that you don't require a teacher, is that how it is?

[theshabbiestofmen]

[Oh god damn it Sasuke.]

Please just let me get to know you without making it into an argument.

[eyeforaneye]

When it's genuine and you aren't acting full of shit, I'll consider it. Straightforward honesty is important to me.

[ It's a never-ending struggle. ]

[theshabbiestofmen]

I'm not acting-- for god's sake, just because I asked you a question!

[eyeforaneye]

Which I answered, and then you chose to deflect from my following question and point by acting like you're genuinely interested in me. Tell me what you're actually feeling in this exact second.

[ The needling doesn't let up, instead just pushing him further and further. ]

[theshabbiestofmen]

First off--

[It's growled out, as only a werewolf can growl; there's a hint of a snarl there, and perhaps his canines sharpen just a touch.]

I am genuinely interested in you, I'm not just asking these questions for my health. Secondly, perhaps I wouldn't bloody well deflect if you didn't put a toll on asking a bloody question and simply answered them, instead of acting like an arrogant little prat every time someone doesn't know something you do!

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[eyeforaneye]

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[eyeforaneye]

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[eyeforaneye]

There. Was that really so difficult? You're far too bottled up.

[theshabbiestofmen]

I'm English! It's a by-product!

[He shouts that out too, still worked up from that little rant. But he exhales harshly after a moment, glancing away, the anger draining from him. It's not in his nature to remain angry.]

And so are you, in your own way. It's like pulling teeth, asking you things.

[eyeforaneye]

That's your nationality? I can't envision a whole country of people like you.

[ Or at least he can't envision how they'd function. Just like a whole country of Sasukes and how that would be an utter disaster for everyone involved. ]

It's good for me to be reserved with my emotions. All the same, I've answered your questions patiently; how much more are you expecting?

[theshabbiestofmen]

A normal conversation with equal exchange, frankly.

[He huffs a sigh.]

Besides which, you're clearly skilled, but you're not good at communicating the information. I know I'm no good at this, but you could at least be a little nicer about it all.

[eyeforaneye]

[ Wait for it. ]

This is a normal conversation for me. [ No, really, and in all honesty the sheer normalcy of it -- questions, answers, some slight banter -- is what makes it stand out as abnormal in the history of conversations with Uchiha Sasuke. ]

And I've been nice enough. [ ... ] I've been gentler than I normally am. [ Amended. ] What information have you been unable to grasp via my means of communication?

[theshabbiestofmen]

I've been able to grasp it. But you're earning my resentment, I have to say.

[Not that he's going to stop learning from him. But still!]

[eyeforaneye]

[ Oh here we go, now we're back in familiar territory. ]

I expected that.

If you don't know how to meditate, Ahsoka has been holding free beginner sessions on the Iskaulit.

[theshabbiestofmen]

Doesn't it bother you?

[He notes that about meditation, but he'd rather discuss other things. Like resentment, and how anyone can possibly stand it.]

Not mine, particularly, but-- don't you dislike being resented?

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[eyeforaneye]

[ ... it's more conspicuous if he avoids answering, isn't it? And he has no interest in lying. ]