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[Asbel is unconvinced. In fact, he looks disappointed.]

I guess it wouldn't be any good if it went by too fast. After all, I've got to become a knight first. Six or seven years ought to be plenty long.

[Hold on.]

But, hey, how am I supposed to find you seven years from now?

[Sure will. With a caption and everything!]

Exactly. You can't slack off on your training just because you want to keep yourself safe from scallawags. That wouldn't be very responsible of you.

[ Be the knight you can be, Asbel! ]

You'll find me. I get the feeling we'll be seeing a lot more of each other real soon.

[ And then we'll never see kid!Asbel again because you can skip him. Aw, baby... ]

Edited 2013-08-16 13:07 (UTC)

Yeah... [A nod.] I'll work real hard, and I won't give up until I've mastered everything I need to know to be a king's knight. ...And then those scaleewags had better watch out! They won't be coming near Windor anymore once I'm done with them!

[Asbel isn't really getting that feeling, but maybe it's another skill he hasn't developed yet. Either way, if that's a challenge, he'll definitely find a way to track down this guy when he gets older, and he won't take "no" for an answer. He'll hold his hand out.]

I hope so. The name's Asbel Lhant. Don't forget it, okay? [And what's that thing knights are supposed to say? Hmm...oh yeah!] I look forward to your excellent instruction!

[Cocky little bugger, isn't he? And no worries. That's what the internet is for.]

[ He chuckles. ] They sure won't. I bet you'll send 'em running.

Asbel Lhant, huh? [ Malik kneels down, offering his hand for Asbel to shake. Yeah, he's gonna make the best of this little idiot. ] It's very nice to meet you, Asbel. My name is Malik Caesar. I look forward to working with you in the future.

[ Wink. He's so good at humoring kids... too good... ]

Edited (changed my mind for the icon) 2013-08-16 15:13 (UTC)

Or swimming!

[Careful, Malik, or you'll inflate his ego. Either way, have a shake. It's firm but probably pretty clammy since who knows what all this brat was getting himself into before he wound up on Dear_Mun.]

That's right! It's good to meet you, too, Malik Caesar, sir. I promise I won't let you down.

[And now he really CAN make fun of Asbel later.]

Haha! That's right. They'll never see you coming.

[ Why, inflating children's egos is what Malik does best! Malik shakes his hand, patting him on the head afterwards. ]

I'm sure you won't. And you can call me Captain Malik. You'll be calling me that real soon.

[ Just don't grow up too fast, Asbel! ]

Not if I lead an attack in the middle of the night!

[H-hey! What does he look like, a little kid? You don't go patting halfway-to-adulthood adol-whatevers on the head! ~~Even if it's kind of nice. Not that Asbel's going to admit to that.~~ He'll make a show of smoothing his (still messy!) hair once Malik's finished.]

Captain Malik, then. So does that mean you run your own ship?

[What does he mean by "soon". Like now?]

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Now, Asbel. Don't be greedy. You want to defend yourself from scallawags, not go looking for them.

[ Imparting some real wisdom, are we? ]

Actually, it means I'm an instructor at the Knight Academy in Barona. It denotes my rank as a Knight of Windor.

[ How's that for impressive? ]

But. If I go find and defeat them before they get onto an important ship or something, then no one has to get hurt, right?

[It isn't being greedy, it makes perfect sense! ...If you overlook the stupid and overeager part. It's pretty clear Asbel really just wants to see one of these scaleewags up close. ~~And then tell everyone about it later.~~]

[...]

[Wait! What?!]

Whoa! So, you're that kind of captain, Captain?! Why didn't you say so sooner?

[You could've saved him a ton of trouble! This is actually kind of embarrassing...]

Now, Asbel. Scallawags have families too. You can't just go eliminating an entire species because of the few who stray in and attack people.

[ Oh gosh, this lie just gets more elaborate... ]

Heh, I like to keep a bit of mystery going before I introduce myself. [ It drives the ladies wild. ]

[The more elaborate it becomes, the more difficult it is to doubt its authenticity. But of course, Asbel's been believing it since the beginning.]

So even monsters like that have families. Oh... [He knows monsters lay eggs or whatever, but he's never really thought about them having friends and relatives that they actually care about. Well this complicates things. He doesn't want to break up someone's family.]

Well, then...! We'll just have to beef up our defenses! [Yeah!]

[But back to Malik. Asbel's quiet for a minute. Thoughtfully quiet.]

Right. So then, if I asked, you could tell me what I have to do to get into the Knight Training Academy, right Captain Malik?

[The kid's suddenly quite serious. Obviously he thinks this is important.]

That's more like it. A good defense can take on any offense.

[ Unless you're a squishy mage like Malik, but that's what HP is for. ]

I'm afraid those are trade secrets, Asbel. You have to pass the test with your own skills, just like all the other students.

[He repeats the words slowly, as if he's memorizing them.] "A good defense..."

"...Can take on any offense." [Got it! Asbel will just add that to his list of future knight training general specifics.]

[Hmmm...]

Then I guess I'll just have to prove I'm worthy of being a student. Otherwise, I'll never even get a crack at becoming a knight.

[Oh, but how can he impress the instructors. They've probably seen everything by now!] Maybe, if I scale the castle walls and then swim five miles every day...!

[Nevermind he's never even SEEN the castle. Yet.]

Edited 2013-08-23 21:11 (UTC)