On the Rooftop of the World

On the rooftop of the world, Dakshana learned to fight with her bare hands, how to break a man’s arms in three places at once or snap his neck and render him lifeless in an instant. She learned to wield a sword, or two swords one in each hand. She earned accuracy with a dagger and a bow, finesse with a staff and a spear, the power behind a well-placed stone in a sling. She learned how to cook meals out of anything she could find, and she learned to make poisons and detect poisons in all her meals.