Week 293! (Page 470 Script) (Patreon)

THIS MARKS PAYMENT FOR THE WEEK OF 3/15-3/21.

Second script update for the month of March, this one is for page 470.

Something more comedic after the symbolic stepping-up that Kale did in the previous page. Kale is meant to be a classically-trained French-style fencer that probably participated even in some tournaments. There's actually three types of fencing depending on the weapon, and each type has rules on where you can hit your opponent and with what part of the sword. With foils, you're only allowed to hit with the tip and only on the opponent's torso. With epees, you can hit any part of your opponent, but the weapon has a button in the tip you need to press into your opponent hard enough for a point to count. With sabers (which is what Kale is using), you can only strike above the waist (which includes the face and head), but you can use any part of the blade. This means that Kale slapping Fox Kale across the face several times would probably be completely legal in his particular branch of fencing (I could be wrong). Of course, although you can't see it, the intention is also that Kale isn't particularly using actual elegant fencing attacks here against Fox Kale, he's more likely just swinging his sword like any weapon to demonstrate a bit of frustration with Fox Kale and taking advantage of the moment.

Also worth noting that I intentionally had Fox Kale demonstrate some amount of genuine pride in Kale for the first attack. He's of course upset about it, since he was outsmarted and actually got hurt, and that's Fox Kale's reaction to everything anyway, but Kale actually managing to intentionally attack him or anyone would impress him. They are after all two parts of the same person, and having a part of himself that he viewed as weak showing some actual spine and strength, demonstrating that they as a whole possibly are getting stronger, would make him happy somewhere deep within.