WE CAN SWITCH IT UP LIKE THAT | LONDON

[london r.]

War and battle, that had never really interested London much, and as a kid, she hadn't felt the need to worry about that. She'd had other things to worry about, like her brothers. She hadn't learned fighting back then, but she had learned how to hunt from her mother, because having six mouths to feed wasn't easy for Mum to do on her own, and the other four were incapable of helping out when their conditions were steadily growing worse because of illness. Mum had once tried to teach London how to fight, just in case she might need it, but after an accidental scratch had become a pool of blood that training was over. With her having inherited father's blood condition, it was just safer not to risk it.

That didn't mean that London didn't want to learn how to fight, in fact, she did. She wanted to be able to protect and defend the people she cared about. And after watching her father die in a brawl, that became far more obvious. Medical knowledge and battle skills were things she desperately needed to acquire, and after having already dabbled in medicine a fair amount, the only thing left was for her now was to learn how to fight. To have Killua offer to teach her was incredibly nice of him, especially since she knew what an incredible fighter he was. He had been there to protect her in Snowbound when Guru attacked, and she was still grateful for that.

Arriving at the clearing in which they would be practicing, London tried her best to seem excited and ready to learn, but seeing Killua appear to be a little on edge didn't exactly appease her already present nervousness. "Hi." the albino clouded leopard greeted with a smile. She felt a little bad for not having brought anything to give Killua as a gift for these lessons, but she there was plenty of time to shower her friend with gifts later. Now was a time to focus and not let her mind wander off.