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Dec 09, 2009 22:08

All of the snow was pretty enough, O-Ren would acknowledge, if impractical ( Read more... )

neil mccormick, jessica moore, bobby singer, o-ren ishii

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steel_singer December 11 2009, 07:47:37 UTC

Bobby watched her out on the ice for a few moments in silence, knowin' she was probably completely aware he was standin' there. His gloved hands were shoved deep in the pockets of the winter coat he'd saved from last year, but the cold wasn't that bad, 'specially not with how he was bundled up, long johns and a scarf around his neck, topped with a black knit ski cap instead of his usual trucker's hat.

"You're doing well. Is this your first time on the ice?" he finally called to her in Japanese, half wishing he'd brought a pair of skates with him.

babyviper December 12 2009, 05:09:06 UTC

Some things never changed, and her immediate response was to shake her head. "No, I'm not really doing that well." It was how her mother would have expected her to answer. "But I've never really done this before, so it's to be expected."

steel_singer December 12 2009, 18:23:21 UTC

"You don't give yourself enough credit," Bobby replied. That response from O-Ren wasn't surprising to him, though. "If I had a pair of skates I'd get out there on the ice with ya."

babyviper December 13 2009, 00:09:31 UTC

"Does instruction require demonstration?" Even if she didn't go to school, she did like the sound of big, important words. They helped mask her lack of sureness.

steel_singer December 13 2009, 19:58:05 UTC

Bobby shrugged. "It helps. But you're a smart girl. I bet you'll catch on to it faster than you think," he said. "The important thing first of all is findin' your center of gravity. It'll help you keep your balance."

babyviper December 14 2009, 04:06:43 UTC

"Hai," she answered brightly, one hand going to rest on her abdomen, clearly having been given directions like this before. Her body straightened up and her chin lifted.

steel_singer December 14 2009, 05:41:54 UTC

"Good girl," he said, nodding. "Now try to walk. It'll help with your ankle support and gettin' you used to the friction of the ice."

babyviper December 16 2009, 05:34:59 UTC

Friction being a strange word for it, as O-Ren felt just how precarious the positioning would need to be. If she'd learned to backflip from a railing while firing with eighty percent accuracy, she could do this.

So she told herself. "This would be useful in a rural situation," she said aloud. "The city, not so much."

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