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You're pretty adamant on taking things slow and steady, not pushing you too much.
Your first decision is to get your wound checked out.
>Cost of a previous decision
And you remember the main healer of the Sect, Snake Mistress, is at a three week walk.
When you walk in the infirmary, the 14 year old second-stage disciple that picked up the bulk of the work send you away as you can stand and walk.
Couldn't Bathias check you out? But he's running around without a minute to take a breath, with late work piling up and up in the aviary.
Best you can do is stick a bit more with the Hawks and help as much as you can, looking for an opportunity.
>Keep improving things between Ai and Dhundan
One hand on your thorax, you brood over the events in the Horse Realm. Dhundan would had made the spirit kneel somehow, Ai would have been hugged instead of hit.
That gives you a devious idea. A sly smile from one ear to the other, you approach the pair of peerless genius to organize a great talk about cultivation and individual ways.
"<span class="mu-s">Why she's here? I thought we would be talking about Dao?</span>
- <span class="mu-b">Same question. His way is simple : beating and screaming at everything.</span>
- Both of you shut up and listen. You might learn something. First, don't look at those."
You slip two pieces of folded paper to them. Of course they pick them and unfold...
"I said, don't look! So, a few days ago, I was in front of a great Horse spirit. Perfect prize. I had a spiritual bead. It haven't seen me.
What do you think should be done in that case? If you were me?
- <span class="mu-s">Of course impose your will!</span>
- <span class="mu-b">He didn't sayed he was you, he said he was him. So approach nicely would have been the best way.</span>
- Alright you can open the papers."
Inside are crude drawing - they can't read, so this was the only way to get a nice effect of prediction.
"See? What would work perfectly well for you and you are death sentences for someone else.
- <span class="mu-s">But you're not dead. What did you do?</span>
- Tried to sneak and slam a bead. Failed and got Horse-kicked.
- <span class="mu-b">See? You wouldn't had died with a hug. You would have been at worst kicked.</span>
- <span class="mu-s">Are you stupid? I see what he meant, it was a better choice for him and his skill! Have you seen how fast he can get his horse to run?</span>"
And they're back to insulting each other. Still, they progress as they're making points amidst insult.
At least they understand they don't have the same worldview. They don't understand each other's wordlview yet though.
You smile and go to sleep. They realize a couple hours later that they've been at it for a while, and it wasn't so unpleasant. Not that they would admit it.
