Stories tagged with "skill"
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Tears
Tears! How embarrassing.
When faced with such pain
One’s way should flow. -
A touch of finesse

There were always one or two; this had been expected, if not actually noticed. The mageling tightened up a little, forcing th…
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Chastened

Arhan, too, had felt the presence of an unspoken rule; like a child who had blurted out an adult joke, and didn’t know why ev…
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Ploughshare

As the glow of black energy fell away, Elhana stepped up beside Arhan to admire his creation. The polished gleam of the weapo…
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Collection

We called for collection. Another BlueHawk picked us up and brought us back to headquarters.
We all were presented with meda…
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If Only

“Wake up, soldier.” I heard the same gruff voice.
I grunted and sat up in my pod. The glass hatch opened at my touch. I clim…
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A Carefully Cultivated Impression
We stood a few feet apart, our stances mirroring our personalities.
He was always the more aggressive, and it showed. He hel…
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Bean curd person of high skill

Even after many years of training, Takeshi still wasn’t sure if he had achieved his goal of becoming a bean curd person of hi…