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[So Logan has been planning this for awhile. But he doesn't like announcing things on the journal. Because then people will want to talk to him. And he doesn't like talking to people on the journals. It's bad enough that his journal shows up even after he purposely loses it. And now elves. Damn elves. It's thanks to their pestering that he makes his move. That is, actually offering to 'give' something to the community.

Probably not what the elf had in mind. But then, he impaled it on his claws. So what the hell does he care what it thinks?]

Now I know I ain't exactly the first to offer any kind of combat instructing. So I ain't going to bother looking for civvies. If you don't know how to fight, there's plenty of other people eager to show you the ropes. Not that I ain't willing to consider ya, but you aren't the only people I'm concerned with.

What I do is train mutants. People with powers. So it doesn't matter what you can do. If you're looking to refine your powers, get stronger, and increase your chances of not dying - then I'm your man. I'm known as Wolverine. Or you can call me Logan. If you're interested, see me at the Dome. You'll be getting your introductory lesson there.

[Logan can be found at the Dome, waiting by the console. He's in his X-Men uniform. Anyone who frequents the dome won't find this look too unusual for him. There's also his latest elf. It looks fairly traumatized, worried, and paranoid. Which is why it's hiding behind one of the pillars holding up the second floor, rather than anywhere near Wolverine.

He's so very, very much on the naughty list.]

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This ain't the Juggernaut, kid. That's overkill. Besides, you plannin' on suffocating him?

[All that ice will probably work, sure. But it's overkill when all she needs to do is knock him out.]

[There's a hole at the top - she can't make a solid dome of that size.]

No. ...I don't know of a safe way to stop him. [Because if she hits him hard enough to knock him out (by some lucky chance), or does what she had to do to Caius and cools him down until he passes out...those aren't safe. Not for a real person.]

Then you've got something to learn.

[Logan pops out the claws and walks past her. He slashes through the ice. Once Lance is in front of him and about to react, Logan retracts the claw on his right hand and delivers a powerful punch to the kid's face. Enough to cause him to black out.

Logan turns around.]

Sometimes freezing them ain't gonna be enough. It'd work on Toad, but not the other three.

Freezing people is just as dangerous for them as punching them so hard they're unconscious.

[Logan glances down at the unconscious Lance Alvers.]

Unless you planned on suffocating him, he'd have either vibrated his way out or froze to death.

[He is right, of course. The fact remains that Mia doesn't like to hurt anyone...but that she has had to before, and she would again.]

He has earth powers?

Earth powers you could deal with. The kid creates seismic waves from his hands. Doesn't matter what you encase him in. Ice, wood, stone, or steel. He can collapse 'em with enough effort. Even subdued.

[And therein lied half the challenge.]

[The best she can do is nod. And remember, for the next time, if there is going to be one. She's tired already, or still, from fighting a slimy Toad-person and then having the stuffing shaken out of her head.]

Who were the others?

Pietro Maximoff, also known as Quicksilver. He moves fast. Very fast. The big guy is Fred Dukes, also known as Fred Dukes. He's slow, but he's super strong and invulnerable. You got awhile to go before you handle either of them.

[And then there's Wanda. But she's so ridiculously powerful, Wolverine hasn't quite got a strategy of his own for her.]

[To herself, she will admit that the thought of "handling" either of those is more than enough for now.]

Thank you for the chance to try, Logan.

[... heh, most students don't thank him after their first session.

He won't comment.]

Tomorrow we start on self defense. Be suited up and ready.

Tomorrow? [That was unexpected.] I- I mean, what time tomorrow?

Six o'clock.

[Maybe, just maybe, she'll join the rest of the team for their session just after.]

Six o'clock. [Still processing the idea of being deemed acceptable, Mia forgets a few more important questions.] Of course. Ah...thank you.

Don't be late. [He heads towards the exit of the chamber.]

I won't. In fact, I will already be here.

[She heads for the exit, too. After all, she has to go back to work.]

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