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Jan 27, 2018 0:00:27 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Jan 27, 2018 0:00:27 GMT -5
"WHAT?! I'm not pushing 50! I'm still in my forties and will remain so for a while. I'm young."
"Of course..." Helena crossed her arms. "Right..."
"Fine. We will go to the sushi bar then. There is a large variety of choices."
"That sounds good to me. Is it one of those grills where you watch the cook make the food, and then they fling it toward you?"
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Jan 27, 2018 0:25:36 GMT -5
Post by White Tiger on Jan 27, 2018 0:25:36 GMT -5
"Indeed. It's all prepared by expert cooks. You'll probably appreciate it."
And I'm not old... thought Lee who was still affected by Helena's reply yet still trying not to show it.
"But first we still have some holes to finish. You must enjoy the beauty of the course until the end. I want you to have an excellent and relaxing day."
Once they finished, they went toward the east course clubhouse.
"So you want to refresh yourself first, or we eat?"
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Jan 27, 2018 1:09:36 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Jan 27, 2018 1:09:36 GMT -5
"But first we still have some holes to finish. You must enjoy the beauty of the course until the end. I want you to have an excellent and relaxing day. So you want to refresh yourself first, or we eat?"
"Of course. Enjoying the course is most definitely most important. Having a relaxing and laid back day sounds reasonable to me... though I think I'd like to go eat first. Then I can refresh myself later. But first. I need to finish this game."
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Jan 27, 2018 18:55:28 GMT -5
Post by White Tiger on Jan 27, 2018 18:55:28 GMT -5
Having a relaxing and laid back day... Helena was right... Hearing her talk as well about it while starring at the beautiful waterfall near them made Lee somehow calm down from his overreaction.
Lee was now slowly accepting what Helena told him previously. Indeed, he was pushing fifty but she didn't say he was looking fifty... which was what really mattered. ...Or else he would have to run back to his plastic surgeon. But he still was in shape, he still was handsome...
Beside to tell him that so bluntly and to react so relaxed when he protested, probably meant that Helena was feeling at ease with him, even slightly mocking him. Maybe she will be easier to interrogate later?
"Excellent, that's fine with me. I'm really glad you appreciate the game." said Lee with a real smile, not trying to force himself as he just did after the shock of being somehow called "old".
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Jan 27, 2018 19:21:49 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Jan 27, 2018 19:21:49 GMT -5
"Excellent, that's fine with me. I'm really glad you appreciate the game."
"It's a beautiful course. Very beautiful, indeed." She said to Lee. "I'm really enjoying myself so far. I suppose I should thank you for inviting me out."
She finally got her golf-ball in a hole with only 4 strokes.
"I think I am getting the hang of this."
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Jan 27, 2018 22:31:20 GMT -5
Post by White Tiger on Jan 27, 2018 22:31:20 GMT -5
Lee smiled.
"And I should thank you for so graciously accepting my invitation. It is a pleasure to have you with me."
He then nodded in approval as he looked at the golf ball falling in the hole.
"Indeed you are..."
Then turning to Helena, he told her with a smile once more:
"Next time, it will be your turn to invite me to clay shooting."
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Jan 27, 2018 22:57:43 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Jan 27, 2018 22:57:43 GMT -5
"I really had nothing better to do, anyway." Helena replied to Lee. "But of course, I am still thankful for the offer and grateful, as well."
"Next time, it will be your turn to invite me to clay shooting."
"I think Volleyball would be safer. Seeing that you know nothing about guns and shooting, it's really not safe for you to do that. Don't want you to accidentally shoot someone."
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Jan 27, 2018 23:44:48 GMT -5
Post by White Tiger on Jan 27, 2018 23:44:48 GMT -5
Lee thought once more that Helena had a somehow blunt way to reply. Or maybe he was too touchy since the age thing? But first she told him he was old and now she was treating him like a child...
"Everybody has to start somewhere. I'm not a child, I can be careful with a gun. Shouldn't clay shooting be safer than other gun activities?"
But in fact, Lee didn't really want to shoot, he was mostly curious about Helena's talent with a gun.
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Jan 28, 2018 0:15:59 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Jan 28, 2018 0:15:59 GMT -5
"Everybody has to start somewhere. I'm not a child, I can be careful with a gun. Shouldn't clay shooting be safer than other gun activities?"
"Actually, shooting ranges are safer. And I know, you're grown. But you can't just pick up a gun and start shooting. You've got to practice at the range, and find the right gun, then you can do clay-shooting. It's not as easy as it looks. Believe me. I know."
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Jan 28, 2018 0:47:42 GMT -5
Post by White Tiger on Jan 28, 2018 0:47:42 GMT -5
But it sounds boring, thought Lee about the shooting ranges. He could probably start already with the clay shooting... Yet he knew it was his spoiled side speaking now. Helena was right, he would have to begin at the bottom... Wisdom was something he still struggled to have at his age...
"Hum. You're right. I should listen to the advices of an expert. Do you have any interesting anecdotes that happened when you were learning to shoot?"
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Jan 28, 2018 0:57:06 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Jan 28, 2018 0:57:06 GMT -5
"Hum. You're right. I should listen to the advices of an expert. Do you have any interesting anecdotes that happened when you were learning to shoot?"
"Well, when you aim, it's not like on TV, you point and shoot. You have to angle it, and take into account wind, and air pressure. Also, sometimes the bullets will come out, curved. And gravity may pull it down."
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Jan 28, 2018 1:16:54 GMT -5
Post by White Tiger on Jan 28, 2018 1:16:54 GMT -5
Lee suddenly seemed far more interested. It sounded far more interesting than he thought it was.
"Wow. Somehow I love all those calculations you have to do. When I was a child, I once built a bow and arrow, and the arrow was curved, so it was fun trying to hit the right place I had calculated the arrow would hit while not even aiming at it. Kazuya thought it was stupid but I showed him that it worked. I'm not sure if it would have been really efficient in a real fight but it did stick into the trees. Not very deeply though."
He then asked Helena:
"But you must certainly not do all those calculations when you're in a fight? It comes naturally then?"
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Jan 28, 2018 1:32:26 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Jan 28, 2018 1:32:26 GMT -5
"Wow. Somehow I love all those calculations you have to do. When I was a child, I once built a bow and arrow, and the arrow was curved, so it was fun trying to hit the right place I had calculated the arrow would hit while not even aiming at it. Kazuya thought it was stupid but I showed him that it worked. I'm not sure if it would have been really efficient in a real fight but it did stick into the trees. Not very deeply though."
"Yes. It is much like firing an arrow. Except it is smaller, and moves faster."
"But you must certainly not do all those calculations when you're in a fight? It comes naturally then?"
"Yes. It does. Once you've learned how to use the gun, you know to aim for the body. It is a larger target and you are less likely to miss. Head-shots are only reserved for precise weaponry, and if you are really trying to kill the target."
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Jan 30, 2018 23:11:49 GMT -5
Post by White Tiger on Jan 30, 2018 23:11:49 GMT -5
Helena talked like a totally experienced shooter. Lee really wanted to know if she had already killed someone and if so, who? To what degree was she against the Mishima Zaibatsu? They knew her as an enemy? She's done them some damage already? but didn't really know how to ask now. They were on the subject of guns so he could somehow push it yet they had some fun and Helena seemed relaxed, he would spoil it all by asking too much. So he only said:
"You really are an expert in guns..."
Looking at the course then at Helena, he added while giving her a thumbs up:
"And you are becoming an expert in golf. An excellent golfer."
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Jan 30, 2018 23:34:08 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Jan 30, 2018 23:34:08 GMT -5
"Indeed I am. People say it is a man's hobby, but women can do it, too." Helena did find herself often having to prove her worth in a sea of testosterone. She was always underestimated because she is a woman.
Finally, Helena got her par.
"You know what, Mr. Lee. You might be right. I am indeed getting good at this. Perhaps I should come here, and practice more."
It was nice to have fun doing something without getting shit-faced drunk. She can't always chase Heihachi around all the time.
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