[ not all the 'training' in the combat room consists of mentors beating on their helpless squires. sometimes it consists of squires beating on helpless knights. see, for example, the colorful example of walking in the room to see sir eric carpenter lecturing sydney bristow on safety procedures for unarmed combat in the training room... only to have her abruptly flip and body slam him down onto the mat, keeping him down in a hold where his face is smashed hilariously to the floor. she says flatly, making it very clear that this is a statement on being babied: ] Did I do it right. [ he manages to mumble out a "... Yep, that's-- that's ... sort of what I was going for..." ]
training room ♔ (ota/multi-thread)