[Throwing a frisbee for a puppy. Of course. Yuan can't even bring himself to be surprised by Colette's choice of simile; he sounds faintly amused when he speaks again.]
Exactly. Someone who's hardly studied it might only see the chakrams -- the frisbees -- and forget that a consideration of hip movement is even at all necessary. But every part of the technique is vital.
[They're not swords, but in many ways chakrams are more finicky. Unpredictable. And Colette manages them with uncommon grace. Even when she trips, the injuries aren't usually because of the blades.]
It's much the same with language. Vocabulary, or sentence structure, or how to conjugate a verb-- each is only one piece. Together, they create a greater whole.
[Again Raine almost jumps in instinctively, opens her mouth to say something about definite versus indefinite articles, but she stops herself just as rapidly. Not only because Lloyd should get his head around this piece first, but because of the looks that pass between Lloyd and Kratos. No; Raine would not interrupt that unless she absolutely had to. She stays silent instead, resting her chin in her hands and returning herself to watching alone. This is, she is sure, more than only a lesson.]
[And besides, if Lloyd is learning this way, she'll need to be able to pick up the same threads.]
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Exactly. Someone who's hardly studied it might only see the chakrams -- the frisbees -- and forget that a consideration of hip movement is even at all necessary. But every part of the technique is vital.
[They're not swords, but in many ways chakrams are more finicky. Unpredictable. And Colette manages them with uncommon grace. Even when she trips, the injuries aren't usually because of the blades.]
It's much the same with language. Vocabulary, or sentence structure, or how to conjugate a verb-- each is only one piece. Together, they create a greater whole.
[Again Raine almost jumps in instinctively, opens her mouth to say something about definite versus indefinite articles, but she stops herself just as rapidly. Not only because Lloyd should get his head around this piece first, but because of the looks that pass between Lloyd and Kratos. No; Raine would not interrupt that unless she absolutely had to. She stays silent instead, resting her chin in her hands and returning herself to watching alone. This is, she is sure, more than only a lesson.]
[And besides, if Lloyd is learning this way, she'll need to be able to pick up the same threads.]