sah Sah relaxed his grip as Trinket spoke, finally giving a nod as understanding clicked in his mind. "You're right and wrong. You do need to practice but you're boing about it the wrong way. You have to practice in a way that won't create enemies before you're ready to protect yourself." It was clear that Trinket was thinking logically, but her logic had holes in it that no one seemed ot have bothered fixing yet. The Abandoned decided to give it a try. Sah made the child sit in the nearest chair and he sat down in the adjacent one, turning so as to face her as he spoke. Hopefully Sah would be able to "Let me explain something. Some things require practice in such that you complete the same task until you master it. Writing is an example. But other things, particularly ones that involve other people and creatures, are different. If you are trying to master, let's say, hunting large carnivores like bears. You have to know how to find animals, set traps, and defend against dangerous creatures before you are truly ready to go and do it on your own." Pausing, Sah continued, "That's when something called 'training' becomes necessary. It's a way to practice skills like that without putting yourself and others in unnecessary danger. A way to master a skill so that when the time comes to finally use it, you can do so successfully." "If you want to practice killing and defending yourself, you have to train and not just go and randomly kill people. Training for that includes learning how to use a weapon, how to dodge, and what parts of the body to target or to avoid striking at. Because if you know what won't kill someone, you'll have a better understanding on what will. And if you build that understanding with training instead of risking your life by outright just 'practicing' as you put it, the better off you'll be. The higher your chances of survival will be, that is." The Abandoned spoke to the demigod as he would a peer. She was young but her mentality was far from that of a child and her intelligence was clearly beyond her age. Sah tilted his head and regarded Trinket "After all, how can you split someone with an axe if you don't know how to swing it properly first? Even if you have an axe and know that you have to swing it to kill them, if you haven't spent time just training how to swing an axe at something like a training target, you'll fail." He had no idea if he was explaining this correctly or getting through to Trinket. But Gods he hoped that he was. She clearly had a logical basis for her actions, but her logic was skewed and missing steps as well as morals. If he couldn't force the morals on her, maybe this would help her fill in those holes enough that she wouldn't just be running around and committing random acts of violence. "If you want training, I can teach you how to use a sword or wield a knife. I can also teach you how to fight with nothing but your bare hands and magic." He threw the offer out after considering it for a moment. |
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