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[erodingearth]

[This takes place on Friday, the last day of the experiment.

Terra's been feeling a strong desire to train today. Pullups and pushups in the clearing, combat training in the battle dome... He's got stamina to spare, but there's no doubt he's pushing himself; usually he has the sense to stop once in awhile

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[personafalsify]

[ Rep happens to notice Terra from the window of the house, and after a moment, heads out to watch.

Wow, you're even more into that than usual. What's up? ]

[erodingearth]

[It's not too unusual to see him exercising, but when he's been pushing up his own weight for ... oh, about 90 minutes now, non-stop? -- yeah, that's strange.

Terra might notice Repliku if he maneuvers in a way that he can see him.]

[personafalsify]

[ Yeah, that's longer than he's ever seen Terra go at it before.

Moving a bit closer. You're not going to hurt yourself, right? ]

[erodingearth]

[Nope, he's pretty used to this... Well, okay, maybe not, but he still has strength to spare. For now.

As Repliku moves closer, Terra takes notice. He doesn't stop with his pushups, though.]

That you, Kohan?

[The name kinda stuck after that one experiment.]

[personafalsify]

[ A nod. He's getting more used to the name by now, and he doesn't... actually hate it so.

He moves a bit closer with the acknowledgment, though, since he's not worried about startling Terra anymore. You... probably should take a break, shouldn't you? ]

[erodingearth]

[Terra tries to keep looking at Repliku as he's doing his pushups, but that proves to be difficult as his biceps spasm just a little. He manages to not fall right over, but he takes that as a sign to at least stop with that particular exercise for now.

...So he moves on to situps.]

You... Did you want to do something? [He admittedly didn't interact with Kohan that much since he was usually walking around or practicing somewhere, but by now he's used to his presence.]

[personafalsify]

[ Rep startles a little at that. Yeah, that's not good. He fidgets a bit for a few moments, but in the end, Terra is someone he really doesn't want hurting himself.

Despite the fact that there's no real voice to the words, they're still clearly understandable. Somehow. ]

Shouldn't you take a break?

[erodingearth]

[He pauses just a moment when he hears that ... sound. Paper and pencil were the usual communication mediums for their conversations, so he gives Repliku a surprised look.]

I'm doing fine.

[You know, despite how he's been practicing non-stop.]

[personafalsify]

[ Rep just stares back at him for several seconds... then shakes his head. Now he is certainly one for pushing oneself too hard in training, but really, man. You're going to hurt yourself badly at this rate. ]

[erodingearth]

[That insistence is weird. It was unusual enough that Kohan would come out while he was just working out, but that level of concern--]

Agh. ...Cramp. [Terra winces as a muscle in his back spasms, falling flat on his back in the grass. His right wing sorta twitches along with his aching shoulderblade.]

[personafalsify]

[ Repliku startles forwards, but stops before he gets close enough to touch Terra. ]

Just... take a break, alright?

[ If he could do something to help with muscle cramps, he would. But he is neither healer nor masseuse :( ]

[erodingearth]

[Terra sighs, looking mildly annoyed at himself for allowing this to happen. But with a nod, he stops with his exercising and manages to sit up just a bit. He can take a short break. A really short one.]

Sorry about that.

[personafalsify]

[ ... Good. ]

So why are you...? [ ... pushing yourself like this? ]

[erodingearth]

[Terra gives his housemate a blank look. As far as he's aware, this is pretty normal for him.]

Off to a bad start? [He guesses.]

[personafalsify]

[ He shakes his head. ]

Overworking yourself.

[erodingearth]

I'm not trying to. Maybe I'm still feeling the effects of that last draft. [Well, it makes sense to him, at least.]