So do you have any questions or anything? I'm not used to dropping the whole "I'm a world ending god of destruction" bit without some sort of follow-up.
[Gotta stop assuming people know what you're talking about Ranma.]
Life energy.
Maybe? It can take people their entire life to even be able to consciously use their ki to do basic things like pocket items, accelerate your body's healing, all that. I've only learnt how to convert it into an attack like two years ago.
My body already heals at an accelerated rate though.
I wonder if I actually can convert that energy into something.
Okay, I'm getting ahead of myself. First thing's first, I need to train my body to be able to throw a punch without it destroying my bones from the recoil.
Gonna be straight with you, working with ki's not entirely my strongest purview. The old crone's more familiar with that, hell, she's the one who taught the guy who inspired me to make my own version of his technique. But I'm willing to give it the old college try.
... Speaking of the old crone, she actually put the same guy, Ryoga, through training that made him durable as hell, more than me. I wasn't there when she did it, but we could try that.
Sounds like a plan to me. Truth is? I don't have any idea what my limits are. My brother wiped out a city with some kinda power I've never seen so apparently I'm capable.
But if I put my whole strength into a punch, I'm pretty sure it'll blow my arm off.
That blow I landed on Ganondorf that knocked him through to the upper decks was the best punch I've ever thrown. Somehow, that didn't destroy my arm but that still is only a portion of my power.
It's scary. Not gonna lie. I'm not a fan of my strength.
[That made him falter a bit. Darin told him about his brother leveling an entire city before. He can trust Darin'd never want to intentionally cause that much wanton destruction if he can help it, if he wanted to he easily could've a lifetime ago, but being reminded that so many lives could be wiped clean from the world's radar...
Soul of ice, Saotome. Soul of ice...]
I hear ya'. I can handle most things cause of Pop training me while I was still in diapers. My body's built up a lot of endurance that not even seasoned fighters can make it through these kinds of trainings without some debilitating injury or dying. [Really isn't much of a brag as he might sound right now.] It's cause of my training that I don't shatter all the bones in my body throwing a punch, or tear my own limbs off making them strike as fast as they can.
There's something a monk Pop and I ran into our travels told me that always stuck with me. Strength is only a simple tool one can use and master. I've met plenty of knuckleheads who think pure brute strength or speed's all you need to be a good fighter. Truth is, martial arts -- fighting as a whole -- is a trifecta, and they forget the third part: technique. Being strong and being fast can only do you well enough until you meet someone who can and will use whatever opening you leave. It's all about discipline.
You talked about training before with a dao, yeah?
[Discipline. Darin certainly had discipline in spades, didn't he? He's gone his entire life only using a fraction of his power, always attempting to keep other people and their safety in mind.]
[What could he achieve if he actually worked at it? Trained and developed technique? Hell, look at what Ranma could do and he was just a normal(?) human.]
I'm trained in a lot of different weapons. How can I make something as a blacksmith if I don't have fundamental knowledge of how it feels to wield it?
Don't tell anyone but I was actually trained by the Captain of the Arclight Knights.
[What's with the third degree?! He's a perfectly average human who can bench press steel into a pretzel.]
Highest honor you can get where you're from, I take it.
Now imagine your body's, your strength, your dao. Swing recklessly, you risk losing it or breaking your blade. Temper your strength and control your movement, only your target will take the brunt of your power. It's all about balance, keeping one from not tipping over to the other scale.
Not especially. There's a lot of knights. I just don't really like talking about it. I used to want to be one as a kid. Dromas and I were gonna do it together. Then he got killed and I ran from that whole thing.
You're talking about balancing the force of the strike against the recoil. However much I put into a strike I need to reinforce myself with the same amount?
Sounds good in theory but how do I 'reinforce' myself?
It's not dumbassery. Pop would just throw me into all kind of crap and tell me to figure it out, gripe if I don't make it out pristine, and do it all over again until I come out unscathed. It's mostly do or die from my experience.
[Sink or swim to its most extreme degree.]
If I'm gonna put you through the endurance strengthening exercise, I'm gonna need some prep time.
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So do you have any questions or anything? I'm not used to dropping the whole "I'm a world ending god of destruction" bit without some sort of follow-up.
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So was I going crazy or did you shoot an energy blast from your hands during the fight?
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1 - What's ki
2 - Can you teach me to do that
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Life energy.
Maybe? It can take people their entire life to even be able to consciously use their ki to do basic things like pocket items, accelerate your body's healing, all that. I've only learnt how to convert it into an attack like two years ago.
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I wonder if I actually can convert that energy into something.
Okay, I'm getting ahead of myself. First thing's first, I need to train my body to be able to throw a punch without it destroying my bones from the recoil.
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... Speaking of the old crone, she actually put the same guy, Ryoga, through training that made him durable as hell, more than me. I wasn't there when she did it, but we could try that.
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But if I put my whole strength into a punch, I'm pretty sure it'll blow my arm off.
That blow I landed on Ganondorf that knocked him through to the upper decks was the best punch I've ever thrown. Somehow, that didn't destroy my arm but that still is only a portion of my power.
It's scary. Not gonna lie. I'm not a fan of my strength.
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Soul of ice, Saotome. Soul of ice...]
I hear ya'. I can handle most things cause of Pop training me while I was still in diapers. My body's built up a lot of endurance that not even seasoned fighters can make it through these kinds of trainings without some debilitating injury or dying. [Really isn't much of a brag as he might sound right now.] It's cause of my training that I don't shatter all the bones in my body throwing a punch, or tear my own limbs off making them strike as fast as they can.
There's something a monk Pop and I ran into our travels told me that always stuck with me. Strength is only a simple tool one can use and master. I've met plenty of knuckleheads who think pure brute strength or speed's all you need to be a good fighter. Truth is, martial arts -- fighting as a whole -- is a trifecta, and they forget the third part: technique. Being strong and being fast can only do you well enough until you meet someone who can and will use whatever opening you leave. It's all about discipline.
You talked about training before with a dao, yeah?
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[What could he achieve if he actually worked at it? Trained and developed technique? Hell, look at what Ranma could do and he was just a normal(?) human.]
I'm trained in a lot of different weapons. How can I make something as a blacksmith if I don't have fundamental knowledge of how it feels to wield it?
Don't tell anyone but I was actually trained by the Captain of the Arclight Knights.
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Highest honor you can get where you're from, I take it.
Now imagine your body's, your strength, your dao. Swing recklessly, you risk losing it or breaking your blade. Temper your strength and control your movement, only your target will take the brunt of your power. It's all about balance, keeping one from not tipping over to the other scale.
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You're talking about balancing the force of the strike against the recoil. However much I put into a strike I need to reinforce myself with the same amount?
Sounds good in theory but how do I 'reinforce' myself?
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I'm sorry.
[Beat.
Darin'll see that buffering ... for a good two minutes, before finally--]
Good question.
[He doesn't know the answer to that either. Still working on the whole imparting martial percipience.]
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[Essentially saying just don't die lmao]
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I can't believe the only reason you're as resilient as I am is because you're too stupid to die.
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It's the current icon]
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[Stares at the photo.]
Screw it if stupidity is the metric I have to use to measure my life then I'm functionally immortal.
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[He means thickheaded.]
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[Is this what it's like to be everyone else?]
[He owes a lot of apologies.]
You know what? To hell with it. Doing something ill-advised and ridiculous has never stopped me before.
Teach me the Way of the Dumbass.
Where do I start?
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It's not dumbassery. Pop would just throw me into all kind of crap and tell me to figure it out, gripe if I don't make it out pristine, and do it all over again until I come out unscathed. It's mostly do or die from my experience.
[Sink or swim to its most extreme degree.]
If I'm gonna put you through the endurance strengthening exercise, I'm gonna need some prep time.
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So I just need experience.
Alright, let's do this thing. Take your time but don't hold back!
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Don't worry, I won't. Shouldn't take me long to find some ropes and large enough boulders.
[And that's what he's leaving Darin off on.
This is fine.]