You are the night-time fear
'Not bad' can mean so many things: from just what it sounds like, to a polite way of saying 'that's awful', to not wanting to praise someone for something actually well done. Aamu suspects this one is somewhere in the region of 'huh I didn't think you'd know how to use that sapling body of yours, but your technique is shit'—and he's fine with that.Nate's misstep is interesting, but Aamu politely ignores it. Instead, he dutifully watches the man's wrists as he proves his point by punching through the air, nearly falling flat in the snow in the process. "Careful," Aamu says with a laugh, before looking down at his own stance and fists. He bends his wrist a couple of times, rotates his hand, before setting it straight and doing a few mild, minute punches to get a feel for it.
"Are you sure?" Aamu eyes Nate's hand, not doubting him per se but wary of hurting him. Then again, he must know what he's doing, right?
Aamu adopts the stance Nate showed him previously, wiggling a little back and forth to test it out. When he punches again it is once more surprisingly powerful for his slight frame, and he does as Nate told him, envisioning the idea of his hand passing through the other Ascended's.
(Now wouldn't that be a messy deal?)
You are the morning when it's clear
AAMU
