[He says through a toothy grin, picking up the pace a little. It isn't fair to make fun, particularly when he's almost broken his own hand in the past under similar circumstances, but that was less "improper form" and more "the guy he was punching was practically made of concrete."
For now, he tables the mockery. Should Lance engage in fisticuffs in the future, Nate genuinely wants him to be able to make it through without snapping his own bones against someone else's jaw. As they walk - nearly there now - he explains.]
You were probably curling all your fingers in too tightly, and the force of the punch broke them. It's normal to make a fist like that for everything but fighting, so the inclination wasn't wrong.
[Nate extends one of his own hands between them, palm up, to demonstrate.]
You tuck your fingers in a line so the tips curl into your palm; it'll feel a little awkward. You're making a flat surface so you have more area to punch with- [He indicates the proper shape.] -and you keep your thumb between the second and third knuckles of your index and middle fingers. It's safe there, because if you keep it curled under them when you make a fist, a single punch is gonna crack your thumb like a stale breadstick.
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[He says through a toothy grin, picking up the pace a little. It isn't fair to make fun, particularly when he's almost broken his own hand in the past under similar circumstances, but that was less "improper form" and more "the guy he was punching was practically made of concrete."
For now, he tables the mockery. Should Lance engage in fisticuffs in the future, Nate genuinely wants him to be able to make it through without snapping his own bones against someone else's jaw. As they walk - nearly there now - he explains.]
You were probably curling all your fingers in too tightly, and the force of the punch broke them. It's normal to make a fist like that for everything but fighting, so the inclination wasn't wrong.
[Nate extends one of his own hands between them, palm up, to demonstrate.]
You tuck your fingers in a line so the tips curl into your palm; it'll feel a little awkward. You're making a flat surface so you have more area to punch with- [He indicates the proper shape.] -and you keep your thumb between the second and third knuckles of your index and middle fingers. It's safe there, because if you keep it curled under them when you make a fist, a single punch is gonna crack your thumb like a stale breadstick.