It's Lord of the Flies in my mind tonight
“Well there you go, once is like… a toddler trying to walk.” Personally, she doubts the next time she sees him will be one where he displays a command of the weapon, but why tear the kid down? He could be useful in the future. “I would be impressed if that happened,” she says instead, giving him something to strive for (as if Wessex’s opinion held any sway in his world), rather than something to obsessively ruminate over at night.
After a moment of thought, the warrior-Queen steps into a combative stance, just to demonstrate something. She gestures to her own body, her arm and upper leg, and then indicates that he should mirror her stance. “Yep, good instinct.” Moving slowly to demonstrate, she takes a small step towards Oliver and extends an empty hand. “The abdomen does more damage, obviously, cause it’s where all your important organs are. You can stop a bleed, but you can’t always stop what’s going on internally. So that’s also why you keep your arms close in, and up, to protect your ribs. Got it?” A knife to the lungs or heart is deadly. There usually isn’t time to grab a healer. That’s only one use for a knife, of course. If he needs help cutting up raw meat, she probably isn’t the best one to demonstrate that.
After a moment of thought, the warrior-Queen steps into a combative stance, just to demonstrate something. She gestures to her own body, her arm and upper leg, and then indicates that he should mirror her stance. “Yep, good instinct.” Moving slowly to demonstrate, she takes a small step towards Oliver and extends an empty hand. “The abdomen does more damage, obviously, cause it’s where all your important organs are. You can stop a bleed, but you can’t always stop what’s going on internally. So that’s also why you keep your arms close in, and up, to protect your ribs. Got it?” A knife to the lungs or heart is deadly. There usually isn’t time to grab a healer. That’s only one use for a knife, of course. If he needs help cutting up raw meat, she probably isn’t the best one to demonstrate that.
