[ this is hard, and childe will see falco's true core: he is not a fighter. rather, he is a fighter in the sense that he is a survivor, but violence? violence is a difficult thing for him to pour his heart into. it does not come easy, or naturally. he has an aversion to it if he could help it, and the titan, in response, recoils with some hesitant steps back and whimpers. it is a fear, if the action is not exactly needed.
childe was right on one hand, though: then why was he here? to practice, surely, to figure out what was wrong and plan ahead—
falco tries again, better tactics: strike hard, but strike elsewhere. the blows come with more damage to their surroundings that way, but he's some ways far off his mark, giving childe plenty of room to move. sometimes, he not even need to move. a waste of time and energy, he finds, and switches the approach again: strike, but don't look, eyes kept shut— but then, how would he defend himself? change it, again. and again, and again. the truth was that falco would be a hard fruit to ripe if the circumstance wasn't emergency.
that is, something does change. the more the titan is attacked, the more he attacks back. eventually, childe will see a gradual result surfacing, but not one of a healthy source. of course, this might be difficult to realize when falco is giving him what he'd ask for: strike me like you're trying to kill.
if he's not careful, any swipe, or even the sudden, more bestial snap of the boney jaws that form his beak could be a deathly close call. something's already wrong, but who would see that? ]
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childe was right on one hand, though: then why was he here? to practice, surely, to figure out what was wrong and plan ahead—
falco tries again, better tactics: strike hard, but strike elsewhere. the blows come with more damage to their surroundings that way, but he's some ways far off his mark, giving childe plenty of room to move. sometimes, he not even need to move. a waste of time and energy, he finds, and switches the approach again: strike, but don't look, eyes kept shut— but then, how would he defend himself? change it, again. and again, and again. the truth was that falco would be a hard fruit to ripe if the circumstance wasn't emergency.
that is, something does change. the more the titan is attacked, the more he attacks back. eventually, childe will see a gradual result surfacing, but not one of a healthy source. of course, this might be difficult to realize when falco is giving him what he'd ask for: strike me like you're trying to kill.
if he's not careful, any swipe, or even the sudden, more bestial snap of the boney jaws that form his beak could be a deathly close call. something's already wrong, but who would see that? ]