Lanky
Ever since he was a small boy, Gilan was always rather tall for his age and almost alarmingly thin. He never ate more than what seemed the bare minimum and seemed to have barely an ounce of excess weight on his body. His mother worried about his health and fussed over what he ate; his father worried about him getting pulverized by Battleschool students and practiced weapon work with him. His lighter, willowy build made him more injury prone and he was often assigned a better balanced sword that was easier for him to maneuver.
Though he hadn't told many people, Gilan disliked being called lanky. It seemed to have such a derogatory tone to it (mostly ingrained in his mind due to cruel teasing as a Battleschool apprentice). When one thought of the word "lanky", they seemed to associate it with words like spindly, gangling, scrawny. Gilan instead thought of himself as "lithe". While he admitted that lanky was a completely accurate word in describing his build, Gilan always preferred the more positive sound of "lithe".
Yay for backstories - A random one sort of worked its way into this, but I figured I could leave it. I'd love to explore his Battleschool days more... Thoughts?
We are now officially half way through with this little story! Letter M is next.
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