Liriana's Argumentative Essay

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Ballet was passed down for a few generations in Liriana's family line. For the tradition to continue, they passed it down to Liriana by the time she was able to walk. Although her mother was kind and supportive, it did not stop her from giving Liriana tiresome and strict training. After those few years of harsh training, she knew how to perform on the dance floors with grace. In her later years when she was about 8 years old, her parents let her have a little bit of freedom because of how well she was when doing ballet.

One day while she was practising with her other dance partners, she spotted a small group of people who were outside of their region come to visit. Liriana never met anyone outside of her homeland and they looked rather intimidating. However they looked, they still caught her attention. After practice, she would come visit the group to see what they were doing once she figured that they were staying a little longer and it turns out they were using an open area to practise fighting in a secluded area. Their skills while fighting were very eye-catching to her and especially the one girl she had her eyes on. She looked around Liriana's age at the time and Liriana soon began to take interest in her skills the most. Every now and then, Liriana would use her off time to observe that girl and the others fight until that said girl had noticed. She became
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The girl found Liriana's skills in defence very dim and used another tactic. With the help of using brass knuckles, they began using it on trees to see how harsh she could land a hit. For the next few weeks, she was able to hit hard enough to leave slightly deep dents in those trees which had left her friend rather impressed. Their time together was short, but they were both satisfied with how they used their time and so her friend's departure became a bittersweet moment for them

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