No. [ And doesn't he sound sulky about that, lower lip jutting out in a pout -- it had been a point of contention between him and Talia. ] Mama didn't tell me anything.
[ It'd always been later. When he was older. When she thought he was ready to learn. He grumbles, lightly tapping his heels against the cheap wood paneling; not entirely swinging his legs, but it's something of a fidget. ]
She said I'd have to prove I was ready by beating her in a duel.
[ Which, obviously, wasn't going to be for years. That begged the question of why she intended to hold him off that long, and what besting her would prove, but whatever had happened must have radically changed her plans. It's up in the air whether Jason would've learned of him at all, otherwise. ]
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[ It'd always been later. When he was older. When she thought he was ready to learn. He grumbles, lightly tapping his heels against the cheap wood paneling; not entirely swinging his legs, but it's something of a fidget. ]
She said I'd have to prove I was ready by beating her in a duel.
[ Which, obviously, wasn't going to be for years. That begged the question of why she intended to hold him off that long, and what besting her would prove, but whatever had happened must have radically changed her plans. It's up in the air whether Jason would've learned of him at all, otherwise. ]