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[popculturecon]

Hey! Excuse me! Anyone on this line?

[This voice sounds... like you are talking to Guyman himself. Musical and modulated, and kind of sort of loud]

Since when did Cybertron have grass? Or... y'know still be here? The fact that it's still... I mean that it's not... y'know really... dead and stuff is sort of-

NO REALLY WHY IS THERE GRASS HERE?

[He sounds pretty disturbed by this]

Not that grass is bad! I like grass, it was great on earth, if... y'know anyone here has been there at all, but like- Is that a farm? ... There's a tiny farm he- Did anyone see the tiny farm? Oh my god, I have to get a picture of this no wait, hold on.

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[knight_light]

[Wing will also reach to steady him.]

That is what happens when your balance is off.

[Wing's gonna get hands on now, kid. He'll put a hand on Soundwave's chest and another on his back and kind of shift him a bit until Wing can feel where Soundwave's center of gravity is.]

Feet apart. little more. Right there. Knees bent a little. And stand up straight. Don't tense and never hunch, it only lessens your speed and your body's ability to quickly adjust. Now. We'll try again.

[Wing will shove again, harder this time even! But Soundwave should have a much easier time keeping his balance this time.]

Could you feel the difference?

[popculturecon]

[Well he listens to everything, steadying himself carefully, widening his stance and straightening as he bent his knees a little. It felt a bit funny to adopt such a pose, but in the end, it worked.

He took the shove, but didn't stumble as badly as he had the first time, letting out a brief, musical trill of laughter]

Yeah! Okay no yeah, I can see the difference.

[knight_light]

[Wing smiles.] Good. It's a stance that needs to become like second nature to you. You need to learn to move with your center in mind. It'll take some practice, but I'm confident you can do it.

[popculturecon]

I can do that, yeah... So like... how... do I do that I can't... walk around like that all day.

I get stared at enough already.

[knight_light]

[He chuckles.] You can. You're standing up straight, keeping your center of gravity over your hips. Whenever you stop and stand you'll stand with feet apart, knees just slightly bent.

[Actually, if Soundwave observes Wing, he's standing like that now, seeming completely at ease. The mech moves with grace and a lightness to his step.]

It's not as strange as you think.

[popculturecon]

[Pretty much how his positive universe iteration stands]

OOooh. Okay, alright. Yeah. I'll... I'll try that, then!

I guess I don't get to try out the sword until I get this down, huh.

[knight_light]

Small steps, Soundwave.

I'll show you some exercises that will help.

[popculturecon]

Okay... Alright so uh... I'll work on this.

Caaaan weeee... do sword stuff next week?

[knight_light]

We will do "sword stuff" when you're ready for it.

Be patient.

Besides, you will need to know what to do should you ever lose your swords, and this will help.

[He'll motion Soundwave over to his side and will start to walk him through some kata exercises.]

[popculturecon]

But it's attached to me...

[But he's very eager to jump on board, and goes to follow along. At the very least, as long as he has a reference, his poise and motions are spot on. The wonders of having a photographic memory]

Okay... Y'know, I think I saw this stuff in a movie once.

[knight_light]

That doesn't mean someone can't take it off of you. [You're a skinny thing, Soundwave, he knows mechs who could probably break you rather easily. But he's going to train you so that you're not so easy to take down.]

[He smiles...he's not seen many movies that weren't made on Cybertron, but he can imagine Soundwave has seen the like somewhere.] Then let's see you try.

[popculturecon]

But that'd be hard!

[He could see an Autobot trying to snap it off, but there didn't seem to be any around here interested in doing that.

He stammers for a moment, embarrassed]

No! I'll look stupid!

[knight_light]

[He stops and straightens.] Soundwave, it’s only you and me here. I’m the only one that will see. Besides, you can’t learn if you don’t practice. Do you really want to learn?

[popculturecon]

I do! I really do but-

Okay you haven't seen Bruce Lee.

[knight_light]

[He gives Soundwave a curious look.] No, I haven’t.

What does that have to do with anything?

[popculturecon]

[Nope, here you go. Bruce Lee playing ping pong with nun-chucks.]

That. Is Bruce Lee.

[knight_light]

[Wing takes a moment to watch....but sorry Soundwave, he doesn’t get it.]

That is impressive, but I still don’t see what that has to do with you practicing or not.

[popculturecon]

... When I talked about seeing this stuff on movies, I was talking about him and like... Like-

He's human, and he only had sixty years to learn how to do all the stuff he did, and I'll still never be that good...

[knight_light]

[Wing crossed his arms and gave Soundwave an appraising look.] Not of you talk like that an refuse to practice. You could potentially be better but only if you are willing to do the same kind of work I know he did to be so good.

[popculturecon]

... Can I like... practice with just... you here? Like this. Just y'know so... no one else can see me... mess up?

[knight_light]

Of course. We can practice where you wish.