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[teaandlightning]

Well, the gym's going to be cold for a while. And it seems I'll have to go back on my offers of hot water for now. The tea I was promised for all this had better be of exceptional quality.

Perhaps it's not my place to say, but if I may venture my humble opinion . . . perhaps the auditorium would not be too great a loss for the medical community

Comments

[youaremama]

I heard about everyone losing their powers recently. You lost your "firebending" too?

[teaandlightning]

I did. I'm afraid I won't be able to put on that demonstration I promised.

I do have an old supply of matches from the last time I was without my bending, so fortunately I can still offer my visitors a little bit of warm water.

[youaremama]

I'm more worried about how you'll fare without it. Fire Pokemon can feel cold or get sick without their fire, that isn't the case here, is it?

[teaandlightning]

Well I won't lie and say it isn't unpleasant, but I wouldn't want you to worry for my sake. You don't get to be my age by being of delicate condition where the weather is concerned.

And anyway, there's always body heat -

(OOC: STRIKES NOT THERE LOL.)

[youaremama]

So you'll be okay without it? That's good! I'm sure we'll find other ways of heating things until you've got it back.

[teaandlightning]

In the meantime, my students will simply have to build up a resistance to cold. It will be good for them, in the long run.

[youaremama]

Students? What do you teach?

[teaandlightning]

Breathing.

If they prove they can learn that, then I teach the arts of combat.

[youaremama]

[laughter]

Combat--? I'm guessing your world had more conflict than mine, then.

[teaandlightning]

Well, yes - unfortunately, the nations are currently at war. But the martial arts are a time-honored tradition with a history rooted in self-discipline and the search for enlightenment. I never found a culture that did not practice its own unique style, and many of their origin stories are quite beautiful . . .

[youaremama]

We have martial arts where I'm from too, but I don't think they're as big as they are in your world. There are a few schools of different styles in the larger towns, and for a lot of the same reasons, but Pokemon training is much more popular. Sometimes the two mix, usually with trainers that specialize in Fighting Pokemon.