John Ringo & Tom Kratman by The Tuloriad

Author:The Tuloriad [Tuloriad, The]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction
ISBN: 1439133042
Publisher: Baen Books
Published: 2009-09-30T22:00:00+00:00

Frederico felt a hard slap on his rear end and whirled, business end of the halberd outward, to meet the "threat." Even as he was swinging he heard the scratch of claws on the deck as whoever it was that had slapped him danced gracefully out of the halberd's arc.

"Mom?"

In answer, Querida nodded, then tapped her practice blade thrice on the deck. The metal rang. Come on.

Frederico looked over at the master of the drill, von Altishofen. The Wachtmeister's face grew serious for a moment, contemplating. It might be interesting to see the way the Posleen do this, he thought.

"Boys, attention," he said to his dozen guardsmen. "Break from drill. Fall out and fall in around the Posleen . . . at greater than halberd range. Frederico, I think your mother wants to show you something. Best you do what your mother says, boy."

Frederico gulped. Take a weapon to his mother? That was borderline unthinkable. Still, she was insistent, tap-tap-tapping the deck again and assuming a position of en garde, to boot.

Still, Frederico stood frozen. Querida huffed and then darted in, lightning fast, to deliver a slap to the boy's scaly cheek. That brought him out of his reluctance. He lowered the blade point first and lunged . . . only to have his mother deftly slap the halberd head aside with her practice boma blade, lunge in closer, and, again, slap his cheek.

Once again Querida darted back, then began circling to her right. The boy tried to follow but the shorter, lighter and quicker boma blade kept knocking his dulled point away, leaving him uncovered to his mother's attacks.

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