Gaara kept running for a mont, and I sighed as she slowed down. At least everything else for here was in order, thanks to the other goddesses with the help of Eliza for . She and Tallia had really been doing a lot of work lately.
I had already been talking to Giantessa about seeing if so Amazons would be willing to co work as cooks in the ss hall. I thought that it might be better to have people the won knew for now. Tallia was also working with Eliza to get so at and other food shipped. That was the sa for the monster girls, but Tallia had said that food was starting to get harder to get.
I watched as Gaara stopped but stood at attention. I had to deal with the problem of food after, but this woman was in front of now.
"So, how do you want to keep doing this? Do you want to keep running every day?" I asked and then sighed. "I am sure that a person like you doesn't really mind this, but I will not make things easier if you keep on acting out like this."
Gaara stood silently for a mont and then looked up at with hard eyes. "You think that you can co in and just change the way everything has been for as long as everyone can rember. Why do you think that we are going to accept that?"
"I don't, but if you accept, it is not valid. Change is a boulder, and if you try to get in its way, you will be crushed and left behind. I am not just telling you to change and leaving you at that; I am here to show you how to change," I said, waving my hands around, and then sighed, rubbing a hand over my face. "I don't like having to bully you all around, but you aren't listening."
"I will try your way," Gaara said, and I nodded.
"Good. Now, go grab a weapon that you like from the sharp ones," I said, pointing over to the wall. "There should be sothing in there that you'll enjoy."
It took Gaara almost ten minutes before she ca back with an extendable spear that felt lighter than it actually was. She handed it to , and I saw that it wasn't even fully extended, and it was nearly six feet tall. Considering that Gaara was over 8 feet tall, this weapon would be good for her, so I created the sa spear, but smaller for my size in my hand, pulling the tal up from the ground. My small form made it seem less intimidating to the woman standing next to .
"First, what do you think of this weapon? Do you understand how the chanism to extend it works?" I asked, and Gaara looked at the spear as if it were an alien object. After looking into the weapon, she shook her head no.
"No clue... You know that I have never used one of these weapons before, right? And yes, I'm aware of that, but..." Gaara trailed off and then shrugged. "Why do you care anyway? You're trying to get us to serve you or whatever it is that you need."
"No, I don't need you to serve . I am trying to teach you how to lead your people better and set an example to the others that are set in their way. I am going to teach you all to beco fierce warriors and then take you on an exploratory mission to an island," I explained, but Gaara frowned at .
"Why explore? Are we not going to take the island?!" Gaara demanded, and I sighed.
"That is a possibility, but only if it is uninhabited. While it is true that there are 12 main races, there could be more out on the islands that we don't know about. If they are living there peacefully, you are not going to go and disturb that. This is why I am here to teach you," I explained, but Gaara tossed her spear down in front of her in frustration.
Before she could vent, the spear hit the ground and released, doubling its length. It kicked back into Gaara's toe, and the woman scread out in pain as she hit the ground with a thud.
"My toe!" Gaara scread, and I sighed.
"You know, I could heal you right now, but I want you to rember this pain like hitting your thumb with a hamr. This pain is the result of you treating your weapon poorly without learning about it. This thing has to beco part of your body, and you need to treat it with respect. You have no great magic to kill monstrous foes, but I can teach you minor ones that will make you stronger and more resilient to things like slashing and piercing attacks. You will need to learn to use armor as well," I explained calmly as the massive woman's screams quieted down to choked sobs she tried to hold back.
This was cruel, but so people only learn things the hard way. If I was not here, she would have to get soone to cast it and then stay off it for a while. This was the result of standing in front of change, not moving with it, and gaining the things that you pick up along the way.
Looking down at Gaara, I waited until she cald herself enough to talk to .
"So what is it that you want from us?" Gaara asked softly, wiping tears away.
"Listen, learn, and ask questions if you don't know sothing. Pretty basic stuff. You were hurt because you didn't understand the weapon that you were using. You treated it poorly, so it returned the favor. I'm going to help you overco that, but I'm not just going to hand you a sword and expect you to fight battles by yourself," I told the Amazonian warrior, and then I healed her toe.
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