Ch. 9 - You only wish you could be like Jack of Fables

[originaljackass]

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All the kids were packed at the beach yesterday. I took a stroll through there, just to be reminded that over half this place is under the age of seventeen. What a pain.

[Having spent a few centuries in a town full of immortals, teenagers and children were a pretty rare sight, save for those stuck at that age like Pinocchio and Ozma. So

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[honorbeforeall]

[Yes, she knows you said 'job', shut up.]

Sparring.

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[honorbeforeall]

Also true. [Secretly she thinks it'll also be good for him :| What, hard exercise is always good for you.]

In the meantime, sparring. [...] Swimming is also excellent. It does not matter how strong you are when swimming. [The water always works against you proportionately.]

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[originaljackass]

Sparring and swimming. Not exactly productive, damn.

[Well, at least he can find ways to do it while showing off to women. Once he gets his six pack back, he can do it shirtless too.]

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[honorbeforeall]

[...productive, huh.]

I suppose there is also farmwork.

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[originaljackass]

You're the third person to say that so far.

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[honorbeforeall]

That is not surprising. For productive and strenuous, it is the obvious choice.

[She'd just go sparring because it's more fun, man.]

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[originaljackass]

I did grow up on a farm. You know, before I went off and became a hero.

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[honorbeforeall]

It is a popular origin story for many a hero. [She sounds faintly amused.]

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[originaljackass]

I probably invented that cliche. [He's certainly old enough for it.]

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[honorbeforeall]

What a pity you cannot patent it.

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[originaljackass]

Yeah. Pity my stories are public domain now.