C Zip Pt. 2

That was the only comfort Ming Ming offered her before starting. The hits would not touch her face since she needed it for their mission but her body below the neck was free game. It felt weird in the beginning but they would rather take hits from someone they knew versus an enemy. Of course, when they were children it was just a bit of tussling and hot sauce on the mouth - things children found terrible. As they got older the naivety of it disappeared and punishments became things that would help them in the long run. Even this punishment, helped them get used to pain and strengthen their body to take those attacks. Once you understood your own physical limit you knew how to surpass it. On the battlefield there wasn't any room for weakness or a lack of understanding about yourself. She always found it stupid when people overestimated themselves because of urgency, one fatal move could destroy the whole operation.