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Who: Erik Lehnsherr & anyone
Broadcast: Fleetwide video, unintentional
Action: The Marsiva
When: 26th Feb

[When the feed begins, Erik is already awake. Awake, but not yet moving from the bed. He's holding himself in the kind of intense stillness that preludes a burst of activity. And it comes shortly after, as he rolls swiftly to his feet and surveys the deck. This isn't the mansion, that much is clear. Nor is it part of any realm he's been in that he can tell. His brow furrows as he glares daggers into a featureless wall. While there is nothing of particular interest about it - it's just a wall - he seems to be observing something he finds off-putting about it.

He shakes his head abruptly, a quick jerk of the chin.] No. [With nothing further to say than that, he turns and stalks out of frame, with only a cursory glance at the communicator left behind.

Ten minutes pass, the feed holding on a truly exciting shot of that empty bed and floor.

But soon enough he re-enters the frame, wearing an expression somewhere between frustrated and resigned. This time, he does notice the communicator. After a considering pause, he walks over, reaching out ... and turns it with a finger, pointing the camera at the wall. His voice rings out clearly a moment later.]

If someone is watching, I'd appreciate an explanation. I haven't got much patience for these kinds of games anymore.

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For the beginners I've just been doing basic stuff to get out of specific situations. How to get out of a choke-hold, how to disarm someone, how to make someone let go of you... that kind of thing.

For people who want to learn more than that, I've been running hand-to-hand drills twice a week.

All valuable things to learn, for a beginner.

I figure that's what most people want out of a self-defense class, isn't it?

And I'm small, so when people see me, they know that it's doable even if you're tiny.

Have many people taken you up on it?

Only a handful. But better than none.

Yes, I imagine so. It could serve as an outlet for excess energy as well.

[He's only guessing, but being stuck on a ship would probably drive people up the wall after a while. Erik's getting there, and it's only been an hour.]

Well, that's what the meditation is supposed to be for...

But it doesn't always work out like that.

[Not, he thinks, if it's your only outlet for ten years or so. He shrugs slightly, moving away from the windows.]

You sound as though you've been here for a while.