>>6200866>>6200964>>6200974>>6201279>>6201311Wordlessly you approach, scrutinizing her every feature. You have taken on a great multitude of students in the past, teaching them how to hold their weapons properly, showing them stances, sparring and preparing them for war. Some you have even taught for decades before they met their demise, as your people inevitably do in the pitiless sunless world. Some perished during battle or were killed by their peers. Others fell by your hand. Perchance it is a foolish whim of yours, but your sincere wish is for Ilanis to be different.
You will not teach her how to fight, but instead how to win and live.
After some deliberation, you decide that the discipline which best suits your objectives would by Jivvin Golhyrr, or 'Amusing Trick.' Admittedly, the school was never a strong point of yours. Whereas you have always had a bias for directly killing your foes, the Amusing Trick relies more on elaborate feints and layered movements to comprehensively defeat an opponent before capturing them or going for the decisive blow. It is the preferred technique of slave hunters and those who inflict pain as a form of entertainment, either for others or themselves.
Confiscating the curved training blades from her hands, you delicately set them on the table and place a long, thin practice sword in her hands. Solemnly, you lead her to the stage such that the two of you will have amble room to maneuver. Briefly introducing the basic concept of Jivvin Golhyrr to the girl, you commence with the fundamentals. How to hold her sword properly, the correct stance - in this case, a relaxed and deceptively vulnerable lean that keeps it ambiguous as to whether one will decide to approach, hold still, or retreat.
Like clay in the hands of an artisan, you soon come to realize that the girl is a rare prodigious learner ready to receive your wisdom. The question then, is, how will you teach?
>The traditional is best. I will instruct her as my ancestors instructed their pupils ten millennia ago, in both swordwork and philosophy.>Unfortunately, Ilanis is the closest equivalent I have to a daughter, at present. Thus, we will focus primarily on her own personal development. I want her to be my finest pupil.>She is a darthiir, a soft and weak one at that. We will focus on strengthening her practical skills such that she can protect herself as soon as possible.>[Write-in.] 