Okay she could have phrased it better, it's been a while since she taught and everyone involved owned pistols so there were far worse potential injuries they'd been talked through as girls. "But how many times have you hurt yourself even on a little fall? People fall and break hands because they catch themselves badly, they sprain things, get covered in bumps and bruises. The body always seems to pull very tight because we anticipate and have longer memories of pain than pleasure, it goes against so much to relax, to go limp and loose. Acceptance isn't one of the strongest traits of any person. Or human." It's strange to have to clarify that when there are only humans where you come from apart from things seen from far away, not elves and dwarves and Qunari or Tal-Vashoth.
"Ah, that slows you down. You see, like in the air, you experience a certain drag if you're spread out. You travel faster if you're in one long shape because there's less disruption - think of diving into water compared to jumping. When you dive there's very little splashing, your hands make a nice clean space and your body follows. You jump and," she makes a sound effect to demonstrate, hands balled into fists before the fingers stretch out, fists pushed apart. "The air is a bit trickier but you feel it. You don't want to hit the ground fast, you want to slow down because it hurts less that way."
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"Ah, that slows you down. You see, like in the air, you experience a certain drag if you're spread out. You travel faster if you're in one long shape because there's less disruption - think of diving into water compared to jumping. When you dive there's very little splashing, your hands make a nice clean space and your body follows. You jump and," she makes a sound effect to demonstrate, hands balled into fists before the fingers stretch out, fists pushed apart. "The air is a bit trickier but you feel it. You don't want to hit the ground fast, you want to slow down because it hurts less that way."