Don't throw punches if ya don't think you can take 'em. [He said it firmly.] What that means is don't be a hero.
[He let those words, and everything that they entailed, sink in while he listened for the young man's reply. There weren't many rules that he asked his students to follow, and the ones that he did ask generally varied between individuals, even if they were on similar levels, but that was the one rule that was standard to everyone.]
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[He let those words, and everything that they entailed, sink in while he listened for the young man's reply. There weren't many rules that he asked his students to follow, and the ones that he did ask generally varied between individuals, even if they were on similar levels, but that was the one rule that was standard to everyone.]