∞ 84: Solace from time's passage [action/written]

[chikaidestroyer]

[Today Albert is in the sitting room of his house, leafing through a few books idly. The weather is disappointingly rainy for summer, but it's a pleasant change from the heat earlier in the week

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[markofthewise]

My dad told me I was the best boomerang slinger in the whole village when I was ten. [Or was it that he would be? Eh. Distinctions.]

[chikaidestroyer]

Quite a feat at such a young age. Does everyone in your village use boomerangs?

[markofthewise]

It's a pretty common weapon. Not everyone uses them, but we're all trained to use them.

[chikaidestroyer]

And you were already the best at that age. [Well. If his father wasn't just stroking his ego.] That would be an even greater feat in heavy winds.

[markofthewise]

Well I guess you could just say I had the right kind of wrist action for it. It's not just your size, it's about how you use it.

[chikaidestroyer]

Indeed. Though it's been said that your size may restrict you to certain roles.

[markofthewise]

I'm sure some people say that. But one of the toughest fighters I know doesn't even come up to my chin.

[chikaidestroyer]

Certainly. [pause] But you wouldn't want someone tall and heavy as a jockey.

[markofthewise]

Well. I guess. They'd make a great wrestler though. [Totally relevant, right.]

... what's a jockey?

[chikaidestroyer]

A jockey is a competitor who races a steed, such as a horse or dragon horse.

[markofthewise]

[A dragon horse! Finally something that sounds normal. Even if there aren't any of those in his world.]

I've heard of people racing on ostrich horses. I didn't know they had a name for it.

[chikaidestroyer]

[There is a brief pause as Albert thinks of what Sokka has just said.]

An "ostrich" horse?

[markofthewise]

Yeah. They're... kind of like your horse, I guess. Only not as weird.