（ he watches the guy in turn. the lift of the hand, the way the tension bleeds off in the wake of that meditative breath control.
(one of the first thing they teach you in any grappling art is how to fall, easy and boneless. less chance you'll be hurt. anyone who really knows how to fight knows how to let themselves go lax. not that he'd doubted the guy's experience, but it's a pretty clear indication of just how much he's looking at. the promise of a fight only settles one kind of soul.)
he finds himself grinning, just a bit. some demons you can't excise, you can only befriend. he's no zaraki, living and breathing and determined to die by a blade — but there's a reason he's always felt more at home around the twelfth division. ）
'First blood' is meaning it to you?
（ it's a cheeky little riposte, and he tilts his chin up with a jerk. there's a certain cocky affect to how he holds himself and speaks, but it's got a foundation to it — solid and sure. ）
Let's just go until we're done. Nobody dies.
（ great way to work some tension off after a month in this weird-ass place, anyway. ）
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(one of the first thing they teach you in any grappling art is how to fall, easy and boneless. less chance you'll be hurt. anyone who really knows how to fight knows how to let themselves go lax. not that he'd doubted the guy's experience, but it's a pretty clear indication of just how much he's looking at. the promise of a fight only settles one kind of soul.)
he finds himself grinning, just a bit. some demons you can't excise, you can only befriend. he's no zaraki, living and breathing and determined to die by a blade — but there's a reason he's always felt more at home around the twelfth division. ）
'First blood' is meaning it to you?
（ it's a cheeky little riposte, and he tilts his chin up with a jerk. there's a certain cocky affect to how he holds himself and speaks, but it's got a foundation to it — solid and sure. ）
Let's just go until we're done. Nobody dies.
（ great way to work some tension off after a month in this weird-ass place, anyway. ）