Defense, Ludo had suggested.
Or at least, practice being less squishy.
Tal would have been offended by that if the god hadn't been right.
Well. More offended, at any rate. Even with a god he could manage a little grumpiness at being called out on his glaring weakness.
But here he was at the Barracks, a short spear held a little awkwardly in one hand and a shield (that was absolutely too big for his scrawny arm) held even more awkwardly in the other. He'd asked for the General's help, and while he waited for his friend to finish up the tasks that filled Deimos's days he'd taken the opportunity to get started on his own.
Tal stood braced in front of one of the spinning dummies, using his spear to stab forward and attack its own 'shield' target on one arm and creating the momentum for it's other arm with the heavy leather ball attached to swing around towards him while he tried to get his shield into position to block it.
There were going to be bruises tomorrow, but in spite of the broad heater shield being too heavy for him he had almost figured out the trick to deflecting instead of taking the hit straight on - with all the bruising momentum that came with it.
Deimos
Or at least, practice being less squishy.
Tal would have been offended by that if the god hadn't been right.
Well. More offended, at any rate. Even with a god he could manage a little grumpiness at being called out on his glaring weakness.
But here he was at the Barracks, a short spear held a little awkwardly in one hand and a shield (that was absolutely too big for his scrawny arm) held even more awkwardly in the other. He'd asked for the General's help, and while he waited for his friend to finish up the tasks that filled Deimos's days he'd taken the opportunity to get started on his own.
Tal stood braced in front of one of the spinning dummies, using his spear to stab forward and attack its own 'shield' target on one arm and creating the momentum for it's other arm with the heavy leather ball attached to swing around towards him while he tried to get his shield into position to block it.
There were going to be bruises tomorrow, but in spite of the broad heater shield being too heavy for him he had almost figured out the trick to deflecting instead of taking the hit straight on - with all the bruising momentum that came with it.
Deimos
