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Hehe, oop! We can always nudge this toward a fade and have an up-to-date one? :)

She grinned at his response, her mind turning toward possible exercises for this training. He'd mentioned Wayfarer and Makatza but Meerkat hadn't really trained much with either of them, particularly the latter. She barely knew the bully and had to scold herself for thinking, And I'm not sure I want to... She was only a child and it had only been a single incident. It had been serious, to be sure, but Meerkat didn't think someone so young was beyond redemption...

Clearing her throat, the yearling decided aloud, "How about we spar? Would you rather start as offense—the attacker—or defense—the one being attacked? It's important to learn both sides of the fight," she added for good measure, though she assumed any young boy would instantly go for the one that sounded more exciting: offense.