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[h3][color=ed1c24]Jonas Highwind[/color][/h3]
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[color=ed1c24][i]Knew it.[/i]

"You're right, Cross."[/color] he succinctly agreed, tapping the girl's windpipe with the endpoint of an intercepting chop as she stepped out from behind his burly frame. [color=ed1c24]"My [i]hands[/i] have been slipping the worst."

[i]Mutual kill.[/i][/color]

He smiled, using that same horrifying speed to remove the offending appendage and lightly clap the daughter of Athena on the back. Normally stoic and taciturn as could be, he could tell that the girl was in high spirits today. Not often she'd play around unprompted. Hell, she was even going for a hug! To think of that!

[color=ed1c24]"Good to see you too, Bekah."[/color]

Their unspoken greetings would normally be enough, but Jonas always like meeting Rebekah at her level. If she was gonna be a little more open today, he'd be remiss to not throw in an extra bone or two on his end.

[color=ed1c24]"I've been basically the same as you to tell the truth, Ree."[/color] he shifted gears, returning his attention to the diminutive daughter of the raging seas below him. Her eyes aglow, she'd earnestly done everything he'd asked of her when they'd parted ways months before. Rhea Psomas did not come to him a year ago with anything resembling the rising confidence she had now. She was uncoordinated, scatterbrained, a worrywart. [color=ed1c24]"Just training and working. Lotta Muay Thai, lotta Jiu Jitsu, and a lotta food truck."[/color]

When he reached out for her scalp, she'd have shied away in fear simply from the motion of him raising a hand in her direction. Now...

[color=ed1c24][i]I normally save this for Dana... buuuut it's okay just this once.[/i]

"Proud of you, kid. Keep it up."[/color]

He ruffled her hair. It was little wonder Marcella always gave him grief for "adopting another little sister".

But if that was what it meant to give this girl a chance to overcome her past and build a future, well so be it.

One of them needed to find their path, at the very least. Giving her the best tools to walk it was the least he could do as a teacher.