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[Kayo isn't someone who posts to the network often. She isn't very talkative, and she uses her words sparingly - certainly not the type of person to send a message if she doesn't have something to say, or something to ask.

On her arm, she's wearing the kinetic shield that Rick made for her - pink with kitten stickers, as promised. She's been trying to get used to the feel of it on her arm, the weight of it. Another person had offered to teach her how to make traps and defend herself that way, but they've since gone home.

So, it's time to ask around. The war isn't very far away.]

What is the best way to protect yourself?

[That doesn't seem like enough though, so after a moment of hesitation she adds:]

...Or to protect someone else?

[She cuts the feed there, with no further context. Everyone probably knows why she's asking anyway.]

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[Gren lost his arm while protecting someone else - someone who ended up being unworthy of it, a bitter pill to swallow. But he doesn't regret it, and is an advocate for protecting those you care about. ]

Whatever the fuck you can. Use weapons, use your brain, use magic. Whatever the hell you have at your disposal, you use it.

[The cursing doesn't shake her tree in any way, despite being an elementary school student. She actually takes his answer really seriously and weighs her skills for a moment in her mind.]

I don't have magic. I don't have weapons either, except my shield. I...guess that leaves my brain?

[She sounds unsure if her brain will help much if she doesn't already know how to defend herself. But while she can't give herself magic, everything else is something she can work on if she needs to.]

[Gren's so used to being around Fable kids who weren't, in fact, kids at all that his kid-friendly filter is pretty much permanently off. ]

Then great, use that. Outsmart all the fuckers trying to get at you. Work at being quicker than them at figuring shit out.

How do you work at something like that though? ...Brainteasers or something?

[She's very in favor of getting better and practicing, but she has no idea how she would practice outsmarting people and being quick-witted.]

Sure, or I don't know, play fuckin' chess or something. Learn how people work, and how to fuck 'em over. Know their weaknesses and shit.

[Gren's not the best at this, he tends to punch his way out of his problems.]

Does chess actually do that? Isn't it just a game?

[She'll eat her words in a couple of days.]

...I guess it's better than nothing. I've never played it before though.

Yeah, but it's also a game where you gotta second guess your opponent all the time. Gotta be ahead of them, so you gotta get into their head, or some shit.

[He will hate this conversation later. So much.]

I bet someone here could teach you, if you asked around.

What about you? Would you teach me?

[He sort of walked right into that one.]

[Gren lets out a soft scoff, he absolutely did.]

Nah, I don't know shit about chess. I can teach you how to play darts and how to kill a man with your bare fuckin' hands, but that's about it.

I'll take darts lessons. Learning how to kill a man is a bit much for day one.

[She says it in such a deadpan way that it's hard to tell whether she's joking or not.]