[Viskyia Crow]

Viskyia took his hand and shook it firmly. “Nice to meet you, as well, Dzie.” Tilting her head, Viskyia studied Dzie’s scarred face. She didn’t look away, or think it frightening. Instead, she wondered how it happened and how long something like that took to heal. She decided she’d ask about it, but later after they’d ran a bit and got to know each other better. There was something about him.. a quiet determination? She wasn’t sure.

As they walked, she smiled. “I know a little about running. I’ve never been formally trained, but then again I run daily now that I’ve been here in Nexus Prime. I can show you what I’ve learned on my own and from a trainer back home.” She offered. Speeding up slightly, she started walking a bit more briskly.

“Now.. swing your arms, and use your whole body to ‘walk’ when you do. The idea is to keep your heart pounding but let your lungs rest.” She encouraged. “Then.. after you’ve rested a short while, we start running again.” It had already been a minute or two, but she walked on for a few more minutes. She looked at him again, smiled, and broke into a light jog. “Then, you jog slowly for the same amount of time you walked.” Her footbeats were soft, and she kept pace with him as she ran, tucking her arms in and showing him now to pump lightly with them, keeping his body compacted and light. “It helps if you’ve seen a marionette doll… the type with its arms and legs attached by strings to a couple of crosses of wood that its handler can make dance?” She pantomimed working the doll. “Pretend there is a string through your body, lifting your spine up and lightening your feet. It puts your back into the right position to really run more easily.”

She ran on beside him, letting him pick the pathway, but paying attention to the direction they ran. After an equal length of time they walked, she smiled at him and said "Now’s the third step… we sprint. For exactly half the time we walked and jogged. Are you ready?” She waited for him to nod, and broke off at a sprint, adding speed to the equation as she raced with him down a street she wasn’t familiar with. The sprint didn’t last too long before she backed it down to a walk and gave him a chance to catch his breath and speak. “You can train yourself that way, and you will get stronger each time. Walk, jog, sprint… walk jog sprint. It will really help you. Plus, it’s a reward system too.” She added, then she paused giving him a chance to say something once he’d caught his breath and was rested a moment.