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skills?”
“Like all team members, I had basic hand to hand training,” he said.
“Okay, how about you show me.”
I gestured towards the mat and he nodded. After tossing off his coat and pistol holsters, he started circling me on the mat. Again, as he moved, I could see the insane muscle control. There was an athleticism here that one normally only sees in world class gymnastics competition. His balance was perfect and he held his hands up ready for me to make a move. At this point I knew the kid had skills, so this was less about me embarrassing him and more about understanding his baseline ability. I started off slowly.
He began in a full defense. I threw a punch with my right and he bobbed to his left. I threw my left and he bobbed to his right. Then I kicked low, towards his midsection, and he turned to the side and bent his body out of the way. I followed with a round kick and he leapt backwards out of range. I started throwing a few combinations and he continued his defensive stance. The kid was amazingly fast and he clearly knew how to stay out of trouble. But I wanted to see a bit more of his fighting instincts, so I started leaving openings in my defense.
At first the openings were small, and he paid them no mind. I was starting to think that this was clearly not his forte. So, I left bigger openings and he finally took the bait. With that staggering speed he threw a punch. I blocked and even though I had an easy open to counter, I was more interested in watching his offensive abilities. I gave him another big opening and he punched again. Another opening brought a kick and I just continued to block and watch. I learned some very important things there, the first of which was that Hunter was incredibly strong. Much stronger than any normal person his size should be. I was pretty sure that my little five-foot tall friend was stronger than me. Before I had too long to wonder why, I found my answer.
I had just blocked another of his powerful kicks when I decided to see how he reacted to my counter strike. I kicked out a bit faster than my earlier attacks, with enough oomph that he would have great difficulty getting out of the way. But that was enough to push him into overdrive. Every muscle in his body sprang to life and he surged to his left, just avoiding my kick. The look on his face made it clear that he barely got out of the way in time, but that wasn’t nearly as fascinating as his hair.
I mentioned before that Hunter had shoulder length white hair. It hung down around his head, framing the sides of his face. But when he had to move his fastest, his hair trailed in the air behind him. I am not telling you this because it looked like some type of cool action movie slow-mo sequence, but rather because I saw his ears for the first time. They were pointed. I relaxed my stance a bit as he landed.
“That’s why Freddy freaked out.”
Hunter tilted his head and raised an eyebrow. He wasn’t quite sure what I was talking about.
“Oh, sorry. I couldn’t see your ears before.”
Hunter smiled and then ran an index finger over each of his ears, tucking his long white hair behind them. There was some mumbling from the team as they realized what Freddy already knew. Hunter was an elf.
“You didn’t know?” Hunter asked.
“No idea. But, I think we’re good here. You can throw your coat back on.”
“Because I’m an elf?” he questioned.
“No. Because you dodge better than anyone I have ever seen. And trust me kid, I’ve seen some things in my life. Hand-to-hand clearly isn’t your thing, but you are more than capable if necessary. I believe you can handle yourself in a fight.”
“Seriously?” Danny yelled, “That’s it?”
“I got what I needed. Vector should be able to handle any surprise that this adventure throws at him.”
“Thanks,” Hunter said.
He was putting on his coat and clearly relaxed. Exactly where I wanted him. I smiled at Danny.
“I’ll prove it to you
“Like all team members, I had basic hand to hand training,” he said.
“Okay, how about you show me.”
I gestured towards the mat and he nodded. After tossing off his coat and pistol holsters, he started circling me on the mat. Again, as he moved, I could see the insane muscle control. There was an athleticism here that one normally only sees in world class gymnastics competition. His balance was perfect and he held his hands up ready for me to make a move. At this point I knew the kid had skills, so this was less about me embarrassing him and more about understanding his baseline ability. I started off slowly.
He began in a full defense. I threw a punch with my right and he bobbed to his left. I threw my left and he bobbed to his right. Then I kicked low, towards his midsection, and he turned to the side and bent his body out of the way. I followed with a round kick and he leapt backwards out of range. I started throwing a few combinations and he continued his defensive stance. The kid was amazingly fast and he clearly knew how to stay out of trouble. But I wanted to see a bit more of his fighting instincts, so I started leaving openings in my defense.
At first the openings were small, and he paid them no mind. I was starting to think that this was clearly not his forte. So, I left bigger openings and he finally took the bait. With that staggering speed he threw a punch. I blocked and even though I had an easy open to counter, I was more interested in watching his offensive abilities. I gave him another big opening and he punched again. Another opening brought a kick and I just continued to block and watch. I learned some very important things there, the first of which was that Hunter was incredibly strong. Much stronger than any normal person his size should be. I was pretty sure that my little five-foot tall friend was stronger than me. Before I had too long to wonder why, I found my answer.
I had just blocked another of his powerful kicks when I decided to see how he reacted to my counter strike. I kicked out a bit faster than my earlier attacks, with enough oomph that he would have great difficulty getting out of the way. But that was enough to push him into overdrive. Every muscle in his body sprang to life and he surged to his left, just avoiding my kick. The look on his face made it clear that he barely got out of the way in time, but that wasn’t nearly as fascinating as his hair.
I mentioned before that Hunter had shoulder length white hair. It hung down around his head, framing the sides of his face. But when he had to move his fastest, his hair trailed in the air behind him. I am not telling you this because it looked like some type of cool action movie slow-mo sequence, but rather because I saw his ears for the first time. They were pointed. I relaxed my stance a bit as he landed.
“That’s why Freddy freaked out.”
Hunter tilted his head and raised an eyebrow. He wasn’t quite sure what I was talking about.
“Oh, sorry. I couldn’t see your ears before.”
Hunter smiled and then ran an index finger over each of his ears, tucking his long white hair behind them. There was some mumbling from the team as they realized what Freddy already knew. Hunter was an elf.
“You didn’t know?” Hunter asked.
“No idea. But, I think we’re good here. You can throw your coat back on.”
“Because I’m an elf?” he questioned.
“No. Because you dodge better than anyone I have ever seen. And trust me kid, I’ve seen some things in my life. Hand-to-hand clearly isn’t your thing, but you are more than capable if necessary. I believe you can handle yourself in a fight.”
“Seriously?” Danny yelled, “That’s it?”
“I got what I needed. Vector should be able to handle any surprise that this adventure throws at him.”
“Thanks,” Hunter said.
He was putting on his coat and clearly relaxed. Exactly where I wanted him. I smiled at Danny.
“I’ll prove it to you
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