drop bear
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Ah right, it was late and I must have missed that from your post. This makes more sense now and I get what you mean; if I'm aware that someone is about to jump on my back or I'm about to be hit with a projectile just before it happens, then dealing with it/getting out the way is much easier.
I'm not sure what that means....you're in a state of awareness where odd footstep patterns are highly noticeable to you?
Seems like quite an unreliable skill. I might be able to notice a weird kind of noise/patter of footsteps nearby but it's certainly not something I'm actively listening out for.
Okay, I get that...
....but it's not something that I think you need to consciously do.
What you're talking about is closer to intuition based on the years of experience you have, its quite subconscious and occurs naturally, that's why most people can't remember much about the start of an incident apart from this trigger which is at the moment you realise something is wrong. You don't need to really be in this higher state of awareness that you're describing - I'm sure it helps - but I think that it would definitely give people the impression that you were a bit shady and potentially invite trouble.
What jow gar is explaining there is kind of the opposite to how most people handle the issue. And that is where you are getting the conflict. You are suggesting that for a whole bunch of reasons you are not going to hear or see an attack coming. And you are correct.
I have done bodyguard work and have done cash transport. And guess what? It is the same thing. The idea is not to develop preternatural skill. It is to plan your life in a way that minimises risk. So you wouldn't take a crap load of money into that night club. Because you can't reliably stop that ambush.
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