fandomhigh | Defending Yourself [Monday, Period 1]

"We've talked about fight or flight responses, and I mentioned that one of the things we'll want to do is begin to adjust your instinctive reactions so that those automatic responses don't get you into trouble if you need to defend yourself. Today we'll be taking the first step with that."

Max grinned and looked around the room at his students. "Today's lesson is that sometimes the 'fight or flight' response is actually the wrong approach. In fact, in a lot of cases, you actually want some combination of the two. Stomp someone's foot, and then run; or running until you find a better position to fight from. After all, there are plenty of situations where just running, or just fighting, are not optimal. I mean, chances are you couldn't outrun a tiger chasing you, and you certainly don't want to fight one in the open."

"Today's exercise is pretty simple. Everyone's going to get some distance from each other, and then the Danger Shop is going to begin cycling through localized scenarios. They'll all be still scenes, so you have as much time to think about your responses as you need. You can even get a bit of practice in with your proposed solution, though since everything will be frozen it won't be all that realistic. Still, I'm hoping it'll help you think about some of this stuff in advance."

"Well, that's it. Let's get to it." He paused. "Oh, and Surreal, I'd like to speak to you after class, if you have a moment."

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"Yeah. In case you get locked out." That's why Max could do that sort of thing, too. "And, yeah, you strike me as the sort who knows how to keep out of stupid situations." When she felt like it.

A very fine distinction! And one that should always be remembered.

"Coolness. Although now? I'm really wishing I was a Kung Fu master or something."

"I hear that's a lot of work," Max pointed out.

"Yeeeeeeah." Kenzi was kind of allergic to that. In theory. Or at least focused, disciplined work. Unfocused all over the place work was just a byproduct of being Kenzi. "I hear some people get magic powers that include that." She'll have to look into that.

"That's probably a lot of work, too. You know, figuring out how to use them and stuff."

At least they were for Max.

"Or, maybe I'll stick with guns. And knives. Since I'm already started on those."

"Guns and knives, huh?" Max nodded thoughtfully. "Might as well stick with what you know," he decided. He hadn't ever really gotten around to picking up guns, but a good knife? He could appreciate that.

"Yup. Picked up the knife thing a few years ago, and my big sib here helped me get familiar with guns. This isn't the island to not know this crap, you know?"

"Now that's definitely true." Max grinned. "There's a reason I teach classes like this to high schoolers."

Defending Yourself [Monday, Period 1]

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