"Sasuke will not always be there to protect you." (mimicking him childishly under his breath, waiting for itachi to finish. goddamn, he's long-winded when he wants to be, maybe he's suited to this whole teaching thing. jonas has always rebelled against the people he's meant to be learning from, unaccustomed to behaving when he really, really should, but there's something compelling about this.
learning to protect and defend, instead of learning what dirt's composed of. one's crucial to his survival here, where he'll be living out the rest of his days, and the other is for dweebs.)
But what if I don't have time to learn them? ... oh, you mean on the fly, while you're fighting? (and here jonas seems to secretly gear up to cast another spell at itachi while they're in the middle of the discussion, except it takes him too long and it's extremely overt. something someone like the uchiha could see coming minutes before the actual thing happens.) Well, I can try, though I don't know how– hiyah!
(the barrier—its strength the only thing that's impressive about it—is propelled out at the shinobi. a really disappointing "surprise attack.")
[He saw that teenage sass, don't think he missed it even though he judiciously decides to turn a blind eye.......
And yes, Itachi notices as Jonas prepares the new spell. Now that he's seen Jonas cast a few of these barriers, he's read through the boy's body language and method of spellcasting, so the surprise attack is fairly transparent. Even that energetic hiyah—which reminds him of a toddler first learning how to throw shuriken or kunai—is enough of a tell.
All that to say... Itachi deftly dodges, eyes following the attack's trajectory. He moves about a meter to the right... chill af.] You shouldn't verbally announce yourself. [Well, some people do that (even shinobi), but it just seems unnecessarily flashy to him.]
This would be more effective practice for you if I was blindfolded. [...] I'd prefer not to do that. Perhaps we could begin with having you practice on standalone targets.
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"Sasuke will not always be there to protect you." (mimicking him childishly under his breath, waiting for itachi to finish. goddamn, he's long-winded when he wants to be, maybe he's suited to this whole teaching thing. jonas has always rebelled against the people he's meant to be learning from, unaccustomed to behaving when he really, really should, but there's something compelling about this.
learning to protect and defend, instead of learning what dirt's composed of. one's crucial to his survival here, where he'll be living out the rest of his days, and the other is for dweebs.)
But what if I don't have time to learn them? ... oh, you mean on the fly, while you're fighting? (and here jonas seems to secretly gear up to cast another spell at itachi while they're in the middle of the discussion, except it takes him too long and it's extremely overt. something someone like the uchiha could see coming minutes before the actual thing happens.) Well, I can try, though I don't know how– hiyah!
(the barrier—its strength the only thing that's impressive about it—is propelled out at the shinobi. a really disappointing "surprise attack.")
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And yes, Itachi notices as Jonas prepares the new spell. Now that he's seen Jonas cast a few of these barriers, he's read through the boy's body language and method of spellcasting, so the surprise attack is fairly transparent. Even that energetic hiyah—which reminds him of a toddler first learning how to throw shuriken or kunai—is enough of a tell.
All that to say... Itachi deftly dodges, eyes following the attack's trajectory. He moves about a meter to the right... chill af.] You shouldn't verbally announce yourself. [Well, some people do that (even shinobi), but it just seems unnecessarily flashy to him.]
This would be more effective practice for you if I was blindfolded. [...] I'd prefer not to do that. Perhaps we could begin with having you practice on standalone targets.