Of course I've trained! ...Just not in stuff like this.
[He's been getting himself into scrapes and fights for as long as he can remember. His real training didn't start until the Martillos found him, but Mr. Yagu and Ronnie and the rest were all great teachers. Firo grits his teeth; there can't be anything wrong with his training or his teachers, in his mind. So then the problem must be him.
...Or he could blame this guy.]
I can handle it if you give better instructions. Just sayin' to reach for it doesn't help at all! How'd you learn to do it?
[What he needs is more a description of terms--like what exactly this energy is and how he should think if his core--but he's too annoyed to be precise.]
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[He's been getting himself into scrapes and fights for as long as he can remember. His real training didn't start until the Martillos found him, but Mr. Yagu and Ronnie and the rest were all great teachers. Firo grits his teeth; there can't be anything wrong with his training or his teachers, in his mind. So then the problem must be him.
...Or he could blame this guy.]
I can handle it if you give better instructions. Just sayin' to reach for it doesn't help at all! How'd you learn to do it?
[What he needs is more a description of terms--like what exactly this energy is and how he should think if his core--but he's too annoyed to be precise.]