"No, it's not," Squall agreed. He was leading her out into the Preserve, looking for a quiet place where they wouldn't disturb anyone. Or break anything important.
He was half-hoping they'd run into a monster, or a violent wild animal, while they were out here, but if not, he had a plan for where to find some.
"So then why ... are we here?" she asked, frowning. "I don't ..."
She stopped to lean against a tree. At least they weren't in that house any more. That house with mean people who said awful things about Jono, but she couldn't yell at them, because the mutants there needed the mean people, and furthermore, if she started yelling now, she'd just set things on fire.
"I don't know what I did to you," she said, carefully. "I really, honestly don't."
"We'll talk about it later," Squall told her. "Right now, you need to let off some steam."
In Garden, the Training Center was always open, any time of day or night, for cadets to go kill monsters. It was a great way to relieve stress -- but Rinoa hadn't grown up with that, and wouldn't recognize the feeling of needing it.
Squall stepped away from her, put a hand to his forehead, and was surrounded by a green light... but nothing happened, at least not right away.
"BIG BROTHER," boomed a voice from the forest behind Rinoa. "DO YOU THINK SHE WANTS TO PLAY?!"
"i think she needs to, whatever she wants," a softer voice replied. A short man-bull stepped out of the shadows and grinned at Rinoa, cracking his knuckles.
"I -- I don't understand," she said. "I don't want to hurt your GFs."
That was the sane part of her talking. Some larger part of her was cracking its own knuckles.
Which was why she fired off a Float spell at each Brother. They were Earth elementals. You needed to keep them from touching the ground, if you wanted to stop them from regenerating health.
Not that she was seriously thinking about fighting them. They were Squall's allies. This was insane.
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He was half-hoping they'd run into a monster, or a violent wild animal, while they were out here, but if not, he had a plan for where to find some.
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She stopped to lean against a tree. At least they weren't in that house any more. That house with mean people who said awful things about Jono, but she couldn't yell at them, because the mutants there needed the mean people, and furthermore, if she started yelling now, she'd just set things on fire.
"I don't know what I did to you," she said, carefully. "I really, honestly don't."
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In Garden, the Training Center was always open, any time of day or night, for cadets to go kill monsters. It was a great way to relieve stress -- but Rinoa hadn't grown up with that, and wouldn't recognize the feeling of needing it.
Squall stepped away from her, put a hand to his forehead, and was surrounded by a green light... but nothing happened, at least not right away.
"BIG BROTHER," boomed a voice from the forest behind Rinoa. "DO YOU THINK SHE WANTS TO PLAY?!"
"i think she needs to, whatever she wants," a softer voice replied. A short man-bull stepped out of the shadows and grinned at Rinoa, cracking his knuckles.
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"I -- I don't understand," she said. "I don't want to hurt your GFs."
That was the sane part of her talking. Some larger part of her was cracking its own knuckles.
Which was why she fired off a Float spell at each Brother. They were Earth elementals. You needed to keep them from touching the ground, if you wanted to stop them from regenerating health.
Not that she was seriously thinking about fighting them. They were Squall's allies. This was insane.
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