She's probably right — he considers her as far more fragile than
she's ever considered herself. He doesn't want this process to end up
hurting her and he certainly doesn't want to be the one doing the hurting.
That said, mostly it's a bared teeth determination to teach the opposite of
how he was taught. Stick might have gotten results, but he'd also been
training a blind child for a magical war. Results are important, but they
didn't need to be beaten in either.
It's possible that both of them are too far of an extreme. Karen is a
little too confident in how much pain she's prepared to take. Matt is too
reluctant to ever subject her to any, despite the fact it's a part of her
job and just her life, especially considering her connection to him.
"I'll remember to be more belligerent next time." Matt says with a muster
of a laugh. "Speaking of a next time, we might want to call it a night. You
might not realize it now, but I'll bet you'll be sore in the morning."
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Date: 2019-11-11 04:13 am (UTC)She's probably right — he considers her as far more fragile than she's ever considered herself. He doesn't want this process to end up hurting her and he certainly doesn't want to be the one doing the hurting. That said, mostly it's a bared teeth determination to teach the opposite of how he was taught. Stick might have gotten results, but he'd also been training a blind child for a magical war. Results are important, but they didn't need to be beaten in either.
It's possible that both of them are too far of an extreme. Karen is a little too confident in how much pain she's prepared to take. Matt is too reluctant to ever subject her to any, despite the fact it's a part of her job and just her life, especially considering her connection to him.
"I'll remember to be more belligerent next time." Matt says with a muster of a laugh. "Speaking of a next time, we might want to call it a night. You might not realize it now, but I'll bet you'll be sore in the morning."