The Kitsune was a t man, six foot tall. Blind in one eye and having most of his left ear missing, the man was clearly ner to flict. A heavy, well-kept beard and a build like a house added to the view of him being the kind of guy you want to stand behind in a fight, even if there was only half of him left.
"How did you not notice him?" Kiko asked, almost rhetorically as she looked up at the great mass of man in front of her.
"Perception filter. My Magic is basic, but it works on people not particurly paying attention" The big man replied. The casual entary about Magit right over Kiko's head as her brai 'hey, let's focus on something totally different to awesome mystical power' and focused more on the fact she had interrupted some guy's day.
"Sorry, I intercepted your son because I wao have someoo talk to about all this. May I offer...ai..help to, him or you to repay him for his time?" Kiko asked, stumbling through the sed part aually nding on something that felt right. From the gruff smile of the father, it was the right one.
"Mmm. I actually came over here to see you. With an outburst like that, I would have e to see yardless of what the outburst was for, because it shows a great well of unchecked passion. A boon, if cultivated. A curse, if left to fester. But to see you as Yeni's cub...Well, my i is peaked. And I wish to know how the maligned brothers of the lownds train, under SIR" he was very forward with his i, and Kiko felt that was kind of niot having to guess or assume, but to have a man who came out and stated what he wanted. he would turn aure for both Kiko and her new friend to follow.
"Well, I was looking for where to get into the Fatherborn anyway, so might as well start here. Though, side note? I've been a Kitsune for three weeks, and didn't eve half way through basic, so I don't think I'll be much good as a true and proper showcase of how they train" Kiko replied, following him to a clearing ient-town were women sat on the sidelines w on things, and the men hoheir physical strengths. There were one or two women around, but certainly not enough for Kiko to feel fortable. Standing out in front of all of these Kitsunes...that wasn't good. What if she messed up? She was representing the whole of SIR to this guy! AHHHHH!
"First, Foxfire" he announced, nodding to a colle of targets off to the side with a rge wall behind it. They had numerous holes burned in them, and the name suggested she was meant to fire something, but Kiko just stood dumbstruck. First test and already fug up. This ectacur. The man stared silently and then, finally, crossed his arms and exhaled. "Right. Don't panic, Kiko. My own once" he said, stepping over to be by her side rather than just watg.
"I'm...panig. How do you know my name?" she asked him, giving him a sidelong gnce.
"Yeni forlornly spoke often of her lost child Kiko. Now you have very publicly shown yourself to be that child, expect people to react to you, even if you do not know them. Now, Foxfire" the man would bend down so he was level with Kiko's head, and point at the target. "Imagine a warmth budding in yut, and spread that outwards, into the tip of your tail. trate on that warm, let it fill you, and then release it in a directed burst" he advised, shooting a beam of light at the far target and putting a hole in it. "Failure is merely a prelude to success, for you gain wisdom every time. So do not stress if it takes you a while"
