Like an oak, you must stand firm.

[nymeriarya]

Who: Arya and Bunnymund
When: [BACKDATED] June 11, 5 AM
Where: Sharpshooter Bucks cabin.
What: TAI CHI AND WOLF BONDING.
Warnings: Here there be extreme cuteness.



Arya's heard about martial arts before, but she'd never have considered Tai Chi to be one of them. From what she understood about it, it wasn't fighting at all. It seemed to be a lot of poses, stretching, and standing very still, like that other one. Yogurt, was it called? No, yoga. That was it. Cersei liked to do that in the morning, which completely ruled that out.

But Bun did Tai Chi, and that stuff was supposed to help clear your mind. It might even help her with mediumship.

What she didn't get was why Bun felt the need to do it so early in the morning.

Still, Arya's up with the alarms, ready to go. She's knocking on the Bucks' cabin door early, and a still-sleepy Nymeria's not far behind.

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THIS IS GONNA SHOW HOW LITTLE I KNOW ABOUT TAI CHI

[pooka]

"Exactly. That's why you've gotta pay close attention to your breathin' an' all that," Bunny explains. Seeing that Arya's properly squared off, he smiles approvingly, and continues.

"We're gonna do somethin' called the cat stance, an' then a balance, an' I'll tell ya what comes next after that," he tells her, "so place the edges of your hands against your abdomen."

He demonstrates, speaking rather gently as he attempts to lead her. "You'll raise your foot to the heel to plant it down, then slide your other foot--" Bunny uses one hand to demonstrate as he moves, "--and bring it up to the toe. Cat stance."

I DONT KNOW /ANYTHING/ ABOUT IT SO YOU'RE FARTHER ALONG THAN ME

[nymeriarya]

Gently, she forms her hands into little flat paddle shapes, and pushes them against her midsection. Bun's a really good teacher, and he explains things well and calmly. She wishes more of her teachers at school were like him.

Her movements aren't quite as fluid as Bun's yet, but they'll get there. She finishes the cat stance, looking at Bun for the next pose. "It's like a cat waiting to jump on something, I think."

[pooka]

"Alright. With this one you're gonna want to balance, so if ya need to, just hold out yer arms, alright?"

Bunny demonstrates, hands still against his midriff, as he raises his leg into a balance. He then steps forward, pressing his heel against the grass slowly. "Just like that. Keep it slow an' smooth."

[nymeriarya]

[Oh, she was good at this. Her fencing teacher actually made her do this back home, but on only one toe. Arya raises her leg from the knee up into the air, holds for a second, and then brings it down heel-toe, just like Bun. She's pretty proud of herself for that, and beams.

In the grass over by the tree, Nymeria pads over to a sunnier spot and makes a happy wolf noise.]