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[healeveryone]

[Action; at the greenhouse]

Get--out!

[Is throwing garden shears at a villain too violent, when Rosalia just wants him out of the greenhouse until somebody who's supposed to deal with this stuff gets here? One of the drawbacks of being confined at home from age eight is that the third-grade lessons on stranger danger tend to fade away even without the amnesia. Never mind, Rosalia's got a hose and she's not afraid to use it. The villain in question is dressed like a starfish and why on earth any starfish villain wants to break into a greenhouse is beyond her, but he should be able to take it.]

Just stop it already and go away! You're not even scary.

[And okay that's a lie, she is scared, but she's also angry.]

The ocean is that way. Okay?

[Text; a while later]

Hey Palom, can I ask you something?

And to everyone else, if you know how to fight or do anything else like that - why did you learn? It's something I've been thinking about for a little while now.

(4% spent on early life after adoption. Move on, nothing notable here.)

Comments

[healeveryone]

Was there any reason for it?

[nomen_est_numen]

Reason? That is something I hadn't really thought on. I think it became a necessity.

I think there was a legend about someone bringing the art to China, and a few people learned it and used it to defend villages against brigands. Then the brigands learned it and then more citizens had to learn it and it simply escalated into something of a national occupation.

I think everyone at least knew what kung fu was, even if they didn't practice it.

[healeveryone]

I've heard about it before, too. But I don't know much about it.