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[tanker]

[ With no introduction... ]

back home, one of the main things I used to do was train people to control their abilities - i've spent quite a number of years teaching myself control through various techniques, as it's pretty essential for me to keep things in check.

in a bid to feel useful to the community, interest check:

anyone want training sessions? whether you have abilities you're struggling with, or are just looking to get some more control over yourself, I can help.

[Or at least, try to. ]

Comments

[foxtrots]

how many meals a day is that?

and it's not exactly powers, but having more control over myself sounds like a good thing.

[tanker]

3? usually, anyway

i think it's beneficial for most, indeed. i can run some group guided meditation sessions.

[foxtrots]

i worry about people who only eat 3 meals a day.

and i'm not very good at sittin still sometimes, but i'd like to try.

[tanker]

i consider myself lucky if I get two meals a day, back home. often forget to eat entirely

the good thing about meditation is that you can do it in 2, 3 minutes sessions. it doesn't have to be like movies make it look like, hours of nothing. you make it work for you, not the other way around.

[foxtrots]

no

i'll remind you to eat.

[tanker]

thank you
never had anyone do that since i left the military and had set times

[foxtrots]

i had someone back home who would forget to eat sometimes.

did they really make you crawl through mud with a gun in your hands?

[tanker]

during hell week and basics training, yeah

but i served in Afghanistan, so it was more about crawling around in burning hot sand.

[foxtrots]

you're like an actual hero.

i've never met one of those before.

[tanker]

i wouldn't say that, i'm just a soldier
i've never done anything heroic

[foxtrots]

why did you want to be a soldier?

[tanker]

my dad was one, and he gave me this desire to help and serve my country. And then when I was a teenager my powers started coming in and it became very obvious that I'd be an asset on the front lines

what do you do, back home?

[foxtrots]

i took things.

[he won't lie about it now that he's been asked, but he's not proud of it either. a survivor survives, one way or another.]

but back home, a new year had just started, and i promised that i was going to get a job this year. i came here and they gave me one. so now i serve coffee, which always smells good but still tastes bitter to me.

[tanker]

[ John's no stranger to thieves, but they usually have reasons to do so. Like Clarice, stealing food to survive. ]

try putting sugar in that coffee, you might like it better

you're enjoying having a job?

[foxtrots]

i'll try it. can you put bacon in coffee? because then i really might like it.

i love it. i love being around people.

[tanker]

I wouldn't advise it, but you don't know until you've tried it

[ Don't do it, Minsu. ]

I should come by, one of these day. I'm used to terrible coffee, would be a nice change to have some that isn't toxic sludge.

[foxtrots]

i'll think about it.

[think about it until he inevitably does it.]

come! i can make you a sandwich too and then i'll know that you've at least eaten something.

[tanker]

I'm usually the one making sure that other people eat...

[foxtrots]

then it's someone else's turn to take care of you.

[tanker]

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I can't promise I won't make it difficult, I'm pretty stubborn

but I think we can help each other

are you this willing to help everyone you meet? it's a pretty rare quality to have

[foxtrots]

it's ok, i'm used to that. my fiance would forget to eat sometimes too.

i think so. i haven't met anyone that i wouldn't help. i owe that much.

[tanker]

why do you owe that much?

[foxtrots]

i wasn't always good to people.

[and it's such an understatement that if feels almost like a lie. it makes him uncomfortable.]

i'm someone different now. or i'm trying to be.

[tanker]

okay.

[ Minsu's not the first one to tell John something like this, and he probably won't be the last, either. But John's different too, from who he was just months ago. ]

well, who you were doesn't matter as much as who you are now. And if you're trying, that's the important part.

[foxtrots]

that means a lot. like, everything.

i won't disappoint!

btw what are your abilities?