gym - sunday very early in the morning

[new_to_liirness]

One stance. Two stance. Three stance. Four stance.

Fall.

He was in the gym, long warmed up and stretched and now busy practicing everything Ino had taught him almost like the possessed.

Because he was angryHe was angry with himself for not being able to stop his madness, angry that he would have to upset Karal to tell him what he'd seen,

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[rebelheartalien]

Michael had slipped out of his room early, for a visit to the gym for lack of anything else to do.

He hadn't expected to find anyone else there.

[new_to_liirness]

Liir was in the midst of the drills now, the broom in his hand serving as a sword. He didn't notice Michael, didn't even look up, but the expression on Liir's face is probably not one Michael would deem in any way normal.

[rebelheartalien]

Nooot so much. When he got close enough to actually see the other boy's face, he stopped in his tracks.

"...Liir?"

[new_to_liirness]

There's a sound, halfway between a snarl and a grunt.

He finished the drill repeat and the broom was returned smoothly to its holster. He didn't speak for a moment, though. Instead, he closed his eyes and breathed in and settled himself.

Rage helped nothing, especially undisciplined rage. He would not be her. He would not be her.

"Michael," he said.

And he knew he had to tell him.

[flowering_mind]

Ino was there, leaning against the door frame and just watching. The anger Liir was putting into his movements was... was impressive.

[new_to_liirness]

He noticed her as he slung the broom back into its holster to start on the stances again.

It was like watching a duck shake the water off.

The rage wasn't so much vented as dismissed, taken off like an old coat in good company. It's an interesting sight, really, as the angles of his face slash and realign themselves to a more normal expression and the frenetic energy that seems to be filling him is grounded out until it's almost gone. Just his eyes, green and unsettled, remain as they were.

[flowering_mind]

"No," Ino said, crossing her arms, "I don't want the lie." Hellos, clearly, were for other people.

[new_to_liirness]

"Me being angry about things won't help matters," he said, not quite willing to let go yet.