Misc medical facts

From age four till five Tyson had weak ankles. It was almost guaranteed that if he ran he would twist or sprain at least one of his ankles. This was caused by a lack of calcium. Some medication and an ankle brace solved the problem almost completely, just as he was approaching his sixth birthday, but Tyson still twists his ankles easier than most do. Usually it’s his right ankle that gives out, but not always.

Up until his time in the army Tyson had perfect teeth, not a single cavity. He’s never lost an adult tooth, but during his time travelling across the desert - where water needed to be conserved and, at any rate, he was without a tooth brush for several months - he gained two cavities: one on the top left wisdom tooth and the other on a mid-bottom right molar. Since then both cavities have been filled in with white fillings that can’t be seen and Tyson has taken good care of his teeth. Tyson has all four of his wisdom teeth. The only one to cause him issues when growing in was the bottom right tooth, which needed to be ground down by the dentist to fit his mouth more comfortably.

Submission

Tyson has no issues with submitting, but he loathes being submissive.

To Tyson there is a world of difference between being submissive and submitting: submissive is a nature, submitting is a choice.

Tyson would rather follow orders by choice rather than it being his nature to submit, which he knows it is.

Languages

Tyson knows English, Latin, and Hebrew fluently. He can speak but not read German and read but not speak Hindi. He knows enough of French, Russian and Spanish to get by on missions but not enough to sound convincing or comfortable enough with the language to say that he knows it.

Lamentably, in Tyson's eyes, he can't say that he's fluent in Yiddish. He knows most of the words and several phrases that are common in Jewish communities, but he's never learnt the sentence structure for Yiddish.

Though Tyson learnt English and Hebrew at the same time, Hebrew came to Tyson far easier so he has always considered it his first language rather than English.

Fencing

Tyson was a good fencer in his teens.

A damn good fencer. Tyson’s brother and P.E. teacher can be quoted as repeatedly saying that Tyson “improved with the weather” when it came to sport, which was true. Tyson likes to relax and ‘conserve energy’, but he has shown himself to be talented in dancing [ballroom, classical, tap, and contemporary], cricket, and fencing.

Whilst Tyson was willing to go out and play cricket where people could see him, he kept fencing - like dancing - between himself, his tutor, his brother, and his father. When playing cricket a lot of the focus was on other players, were as in dance and in fencing more of the attention was on Tyson. This made him nervous and, therefore, unwilling to ‘perform’ outside of the classroom.

Tyson’s fencing tutor - who was also his Latin and Geography tutor - said that Tyson could have made a living out of fencing had he gotten over his nerves, Tyson never believed that.

Tyson would leap at the chance to fence again. His social anxieties mean that he’d never join a club to take up fencing, but if he got the chance to fence with some one he knew and trusted Tyson wouldn’t turn down the opportunity.

His talent with swords - mostly fencing swords, but he has dabbled with a fair amount of success with other swords - played a large role in him favouring knives over guns; after hand to hand combat (focusing on nerve, pressure, and vital points), obviously.

Stomach kisses

When in a playful mood Tyson loves to kiss his partner's stomach.

Tyson often finds it easier to be playful with women than with men, but this applies to both.

When in a playful mood Tyson will shift from cuddling/hugging (or just pounce on his partner) to remove their shirt so he can place kisses on their stomach.

Usually he’ll kiss just bellow the lowest ribs, where a lot of people are ticklish, as the point is to tickle. He won’t blow raspberries or anything similar, it’s just kissing.

Lots and lots and lots of tiny, light kisses.

The reason these kisses usually end are either that his partner starts laughing too much and bats him away, Tyson dissolves into giggles and rolls off of him/her, or the dogs [Lily, Bobby, or Jack (or Meg)] decided to join in the play.

Make up in the morning

One of Tyson's favourite things about dating a woman is doing her make-up.

Tyson knows how to do makeup, because he used to help Jasmine put hers on in the morning.

He finds it therapeutic to apply makeup to another person; not that he ever puts make up on himself for any other reasons than disguises on missions and/or to cover up wounds, usually from those missions but sometimes from clumsiness.

Tyson isn’t, and has never been, a morning person. He doesn’t like having to think until he has caffeine in his system, applying makeup isn’t something that requires too much concentration. Some parts do, but Tyson always leaves thought parts until last when he’s a little more awake.

He likes to feel helpful and applying makeup for another person makes him feel useful.