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Cassirin 
So bringing up the sand had been a monumentally bad judgement call on Vivi's part, and she regretted it. What had been intended to distract him from the upcoming training had sent him into a nervous tailspin. "But the sun isn't so bad. The sound of the wave as it hits the shore. Those little coconut drinks with umbrellas in them. It's a good trade-off... temporary discomfort for temporary paradise."
She gave Vick's hand another pat before stepping around him toward the dummies. They could dawdle all day trying to work up the nerve to get started, but Vivi had never been keen on waiting for things. "You're telling me that I should only make faces at you when we're close together so you won't be able to tell?" There was no way she was letting him off the hook, coward or not.
"I named your dummy Tom, and mine is called Gellert. Now you kick the stuffing out of Tom. Practice hitting him like you would if a big bully wizard came out of the dark and attacked you, for pure self defense. We can add in other stuff once we get that basic down." And she had the books on the bench if he wanted to look anything up.
"I... burn." so it wasnt just the sand he would worry about, as pool side parties would still leave him with something to worry over
worrywart "...but yeah, tropical paradises are awesome. I love the sea breeze." See, he's not completely useless in a cruise.
Now that got him laughing out loud
"No I mean, I can hit better at a distance..." he chuckles, then suddenly falls silent, casting a dejected side-glance at the blonde
"You were not actually making funny faces at me were you?"
So, big bully wizard... out of the dark.... attacking him. Thats pretty much his life story pre-Hogwarts. There was even someone named Tom. So he's an old hand on this scenario. Quickly he flicked his wand up and uttered
"Protego!"
Well Vivi did say self-defense. Couldnt help it if his first reaction is to keep his own stuffing from getting kicked.