Some things are simply too traumatic. Jokes about the tongs need a trigger warning, and I'm only half joking.
Although Boney already said this nudging wouldn't happen, I'll also point out that Eike probably wouldn't be the person they where nudging us to take what with her Shyallan pacifism, she wouldn't be an appropriate person to learn a lot of Mathildes skills.
Again, just because she's a Shallyan doesn't necessarily mean she's a pacifist. I will also note that Shallya is not a Pacifist:
Mathilde has plenty of non murder skills to teach. She doesn't spend her entire day killing people. She's got many other things to teach Eike other than Assassination. Even if Eike decides not to start going gung ho about killing people; one, she's not a pacifist, two, Mathilde is not a one trick pony focused on murder.
Good thing that isn't what I said:
not all.
Two of Mathilde's skills are directly related to personally killing people. Swordsmanship and Assassination. The grand majority of her time is not spent killing people. That is not "a lot". That is "A minority of her skills". Most of what Mathilde has is teachable to someone who doesn't want to become an assassin.
Yeah, Martial isn't even one of Mathilde's top three stats, and depending on whether you count the strategy/tactics skills, could be one of her least common skills and traits. She's got swording, shooting, assassination… and that's about it, really. Even Warrior of Fog is more about moving oneself and armies unseen.
I know this is exaggeraton, but she's like 14-15 at the moment. By the time she graduates to Senior she'll be around 16-17. Just because she's not on camera at the moment doesn't mean she stops growing up.
I think you're pretty generous to ignore her command skills. "I'm a pacifist, I don't like to kill people. I just tell other people to kill them."
She's 11 ish. College tuiton takes 3 - 5 years and Wilhelmina thought she'd graduate sooner rather than later at 14. But I forget how much time passed since then
That was two years ago so she's 12 -13?
I know i know. But there is nothing about belief that has to be set in stone, so we will see.
This was magical skill.
This was Learning
This was learning and magical skill
Also, as i said, a little tiny babu. We've got scars almost older than her. (I forgot the battle in which Abelhelm died has only been 12 years ago)
Finally some common sense. Why is Eike's faith considered unassailable? We've heard theories that Winds can have as much influence on a person as any God. Maybe she will find out that she likes assassination skills more that she likes Shallya.
I agree Eike doesn't have to compete with Mathildes deeds.
Now you're going too far. Eike chose something that resonated with her after her coming of age ceremony. That means she fundamentally holds a strong connection with Shallya's principles. She can decide to change whoever she dedicates herself to, that's no issue, it's not a lifelong commitment, but just like Mathilde dedicated herself to Ranald at a young age the same might apply to Eike. I don't think she'll suddenly decide killing people is more fun than Shallya.
While the general sentiment is sound, it should be pointed out that Ulgu has very little to do with assassination directly. Even Mathilde straight up said it takes a lot of extra work and influence to make super assassins out of Ulgu mages. Wind influence would be more likely to make her a conwoman or a magician or something.
"Mystics and Showmen" was the example Mathilde brought up when she was talking with Panoramia, but all things considered she might have wanted to make her Wind sound more impressive/admirable to her date. Conwoman doesn't sound as catchy as a mystic or show(wo)man.
Ulgu doesn't naturally produce assassins, it produces showmen and mystics.
To be fair, mystics and showmen are often conmen—and women—as well. Just, you know, they do it through entertainment. But fair point that it's not necessarily bad. Then again, running cons through the EIC would be a natural application given her most likely future… or at least, a lot of financial cunning.
You could say the same of Mathilde.
Is Mork also the God of Fraud and Cons? We better push Eike away from that path. I don't want her to start speaking in "Gitspeak".
