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[4starsaviour]

Hey, everybody! We're all from different worlds, so I was thinkin' - who's the strongest person where you come from?

Back home, I'm pretty sure the strongest person around is Whis. He's a... [Goku pauses, trying to think of how to describe him.] ...Come to think of it, I dunno what he is! Anyway, he's really strong - he can knock out the God of Destruction in one hit, and even travel through time on his own!

But there might be someone even stronger out there! [While part of his reason for asking is to hear about other worlds, it's mostly selfish - he wants to hear about the strongest people throughout the universes.] Doesn't matter who or what it is - I wanna hear all about it!

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[araignee_du_soir]

Color me curious. [Ha ha...] What do you consider strength?

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[4starsaviour]

You know, being tough an' skilled - stuff like that!

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[araignee_du_soir]

[She was going to interpret that in its more primitive context even if she implies otherwise.]

That seems to be a very broad category.

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[superscholar]

He's talking about hand-to-hand combat. Specifically, martial arts.

Most of everyone we know back home is a hand-to-hand combatant in some way, with various levels of energy manipulation to make up for any long range deficiencies.

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[araignee_du_soir]

Ah. [In a way, she was right in her assumption.] Perhaps 'best fighter' would be better than 'the strongest'. I am of the opinion that strength comes in many forms and not all of them involve martial arts or other forms of brawling.

I, myself, am skilled in hand-to-hand but certainly not enough to fall under that particular umbrella of being 'strong'.

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[superscholar]

[ Skilled hand-to-hand combatant without any experience using energy? Yep, that sure sounds like Videl when they first met. ]

Well, it's kind of difficult to gauge, I think. Back home, pretty much everyone we fight knows how to use ki. So the line between hand-to-hand combat and energy manipulation kind of gets blurry at that point.

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[araignee_du_soir]

If 'ki' exists in my dimension, it is a secret held by certain families of the far east. [Such as the Shimada family.]

We mostly rely on guns.

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[superscholar]

That makes sense. Based on what I've been reading about this world's history and geography, far eastern philosophy kind of lines up with some of the things I know. Ki especially.

[ at the mention of guns though, gohan falters a bit. not undeterred, but definitely not a topic he's very knowledgeable with. ]

I've never really had to use guns, personally. So I don't know much about them.

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[araignee_du_soir]

[An eyebrow rose.] Would you like to learn?

[Was was with her and offering to teach others a few things?]

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[superscholar]

No thank you.

[ it came out a little faster than he intended, which made gohan pause in embarrassment for a moment. before he sighed in defeat, figuring that trying to hide his reaction wasn't going to help anything. ]

I'm not a big fan of guns. Given how often I have to stop criminals using guns to shoot up banks, the thought of using one kind of makes me... uncomfortable.

Thank you for the offer though.

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[araignee_du_soir]

Learning how to use them makes it easier to handle someone wielding one. [Just like knowing how to kill someone teaches how to not kill someone.]

But your choice is, of course, yours. Should you change your mind, the offer will still be there.

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[superscholar]

I do appreciate it, and I'll probably take you up on that if it becomes necessary. Just... not right now, I guess.

My name is Gohan, by the way. It's nice to meet you, miss.

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[araignee_du_soir]

A pleasure. I am Wid-- [She cut herself off and sighed a little. Might as well start using it more.]

Amélie.

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[superscholar]

[ He was a little confused by the pause, and wondered just why she seemed annoyed. But he ultimately decided to let that go. It didn't seem that important. ]

Nice to meet you, um... Amélie.

[ It was obvious he'd never spoken a word of French in his life. It was also obvious he made an actual effort, and didn't do too badly. ]

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[4starsaviour]

[Goku's not too sure what that means, but he can take a guess.] Okay, so if everyone you knew got in a fight, who would win?

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[araignee_du_soir]

That would depend on the circumstances, the terrain and the weaponry.

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[4starsaviour]

Whatever you normally use, I guess? [Goku hasn't fought with weapons since he was a kid, so he's not sure what difference it would make.] Oh, and it'd have to be somewhere away from cities.

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[araignee_du_soir]

Natural terrain then. Any other restrictions?

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[4starsaviour]

Nope, not that I can think of! Who do you think would win then?

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[araignee_du_soir]

[The people from home she knew, the use of whatever weaponry they wished and natural terrain. This was easy.]

Me.

[Arrogant - yes. Able to snipe everyone from a mile away with a high-powered rifle and infra-sight so not even Sombra can hide from her - most definitely yes.]

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[4starsaviour]

Really? So what can ya do?

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[araignee_du_soir]

I am a sniper - the best of my world.

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[4starsaviour]

...Does that mean you use guns? [Goku's heard the term at some point, probably from the Red Ribbon Army, but he isn't really interested in guns. Being immune to bullets from a young age does that to a person.]

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[araignee_du_soir]

That is correct. My world favors guns.

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[4starsaviour]

Oh, okay. Can you fight without 'em, though? I just figure that, if someone breaks your guns or takes 'em away, you don't wanna be defenseless!