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[gredya]

So getting a sheep was quicker than getting a gun, but in some ways more annoying. But that's in the past. Now, Karel's here with a sheep, am unharmed but very unhappy sheep at the end of a rope tether, and a bundle wrapped up in a big striped cloth that some here might recognize as an American flag.

He and his sheep wait outside, of course. For Shephard in particular, but he doesn't mind chatting with anyone else he knows.

((Warnings on the links, I guess for, uh, unarmed robbery and the intimidation of gentle mythological creatures?))

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[athelstanthescribe]

We apologise, Karel. Athelstan's forgotten how to play, it's very sad.

"Like this." He demonstrates a strike with the stick.

[gredya]

Karel copies it closely: he's good at physical imitation and memory. "What if you fight someone with another kind of thing? You have a stick, she has a sword?"

[athelstanthescribe]

"Then you block her sword with your stick as best you can, strike her if you can", he says pragmatically, "and try to make her lose her sword - or at least keep her from harming you with it. I'm told someone skilled with a staff can actually win such a fight."

[gredya]

"Show me." Abruptly, he swings his stick around again, like a sword. Well, like a stick in the hands of a kid who doesn't know how to use a sword, but he's trying.

[athelstanthescribe]

"I'm not particularly skilled", Athelstan warns him - but then, neither is Karel. "But from what I do know, it's done like this."

He swings his branch against Karel's, slowly so the boy can watch the movement.