It depends on your outfit. That lovely number I would have a back of the neck sheath. If you threw on a jacket over it, small of the back. It is just easier.
[She listens, nodding up at him, and almost thinks it's funny how he knew what you could hide with what you wore, but if the stories are true, he even killed enough people while he was alive to have to use his head.
She slips the grip higher up in her hand and offers the knife over to him silently, as if to say "all right, show me what's next". If he wanted to kill her, he could have done it by now.]
[He takes the knife and rolls it over his hand, checking the balance.] Lovely, she picked well.
This is how you hold the knife. You must keep your grip firm but flexible and your wrist loose. [He demonstrates a strike in slow motion, attacking his shadow on the wall.] Never let yourself hold your breath while you are attacking.
[It's distracting how confident he is in this as her eyes switch from hand to shadow. This isn't a guy humoring her because oh she'll never need to use it, but if it'll make you happy, he's done it for real and knows she needs to know how. It's scary that he's okay with that, or at least enough that he'd teach her how to do it herself.]
Why not? [She should know this one. She's not as soft as he thinks, she shot someone one time, but she was so afraid of him and she was reloading for Ladd while he went at his partner with a knife and it was the only thing she could do, he'd have gotten her first. Her hands had shook and she'd been holding her breath and closing her eyes like she didn't want to look. She still didn't like thinking about that guy.]
When a person has to breathe, holding your breath draws the strength from your limbs and the focus from your mind. The deeper and calmer your breathing the more focus you will have. [He made a few more gestures with the knife, then stepped up and gently pressed the handle into her hand.] Place your fingers thus...
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She slips the grip higher up in her hand and offers the knife over to him silently, as if to say "all right, show me what's next". If he wanted to kill her, he could have done it by now.]
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This is how you hold the knife. You must keep your grip firm but flexible and your wrist loose. [He demonstrates a strike in slow motion, attacking his shadow on the wall.] Never let yourself hold your breath while you are attacking.
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Why not? [She should know this one. She's not as soft as he thinks, she shot someone one time, but she was so afraid of him and she was reloading for Ladd while he went at his partner with a knife and it was the only thing she could do, he'd have gotten her first. Her hands had shook and she'd been holding her breath and closing her eyes like she didn't want to look. She still didn't like thinking about that guy.]
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