[ What Otabek wants - what all of them want, really - is the truth.
It's hard to determine how fighting may factor into that. They cut down enemies, advance, endure - but to what end, he can't say. The life he remembers is a straight arrow by comparison. There were no blanks to fill in, only goals to work toward and intentions to make known upon the ice. Skaters achieve or fail to achieve. Life in Eddan is murkier.
His single certainty is that they must survive. The truth can only come to them if they're alive to receive it, and to survive, they have no choice but to fight. Efficiency in battle, then, seems a good a goal as any.
As the group's Navigator, Otabek sees to it that their progress is measured. He's been noting the flow of their battles, the things they struggle with and the things they do well. It's a bit like being put on the other side of the glass - he's far more used to his own strengths and weaknesses being assessed by a coach or choreographer. The task is one he appreciates, though. It steadies his focus.
He intends to speak to their group as a whole, each skater from the world they all recall, but they have their false lives to account for and the duties that come with them. Getting everyone assembled is easier some days than others, and besides, talking to each of them one on one gives them time to think. He'll start with Yuuri.
Sat in his office at the school, he wastes no words. ]
Thank you for having me in. I wanted to talk about our battles lately.
the wildest of cards
It's hard to determine how fighting may factor into that. They cut down enemies, advance, endure - but to what end, he can't say. The life he remembers is a straight arrow by comparison. There were no blanks to fill in, only goals to work toward and intentions to make known upon the ice. Skaters achieve or fail to achieve. Life in Eddan is murkier.
His single certainty is that they must survive. The truth can only come to them if they're alive to receive it, and to survive, they have no choice but to fight. Efficiency in battle, then, seems a good a goal as any.
As the group's Navigator, Otabek sees to it that their progress is measured. He's been noting the flow of their battles, the things they struggle with and the things they do well. It's a bit like being put on the other side of the glass - he's far more used to his own strengths and weaknesses being assessed by a coach or choreographer. The task is one he appreciates, though. It steadies his focus.
He intends to speak to their group as a whole, each skater from the world they all recall, but they have their false lives to account for and the duties that come with them. Getting everyone assembled is easier some days than others, and besides, talking to each of them one on one gives them time to think. He'll start with Yuuri.
Sat in his office at the school, he wastes no words. ]
Thank you for having me in. I wanted to talk about our battles lately.