The six foot tall vulture is the better story, to be honest. [ but she's smiling? so ] I've sparred people before, at least. We run a lot of drills with the Apex, so they can be ready for anything. But I wouldn't say no to practicing with someone who isn't totally self-taught.
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I don't know what'd stop them.
[just. quietly. bitterly.]
... can you defend yourself, Grace-san?
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You know, tigers are definitely the cooler opponent, as far as telling stories goes.
[he'll - at least try to make things light.]
... how about we practice then? I can handle my own pretty well. So at least you can get used to what fighting someone else could be like.
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The six foot tall vulture is the better story, to be honest. [ but she's smiling? so ] I've sparred people before, at least. We run a lot of drills with the Apex, so they can be ready for anything. But I wouldn't say no to practicing with someone who isn't totally self-taught.
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[NO! FOCUS!]
But yeah - let's do that. The better prepared the people I care about are, the better I can sleep at night.
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Awww, you care about me?
[ she's the one who said they were friends but listen ]
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she can make the joke but he's not realizing it's a joke, just blinking owlishly]
Huh? Yeah, of course.
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You're sweet. And that means I don't have to worry about you defending yourself either, so that's good.
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Yeah, to be honest, that's one of the few things that I'm not worried about here.
[HE'S DUMB AS HELL BUT AT LEAST HE CAN MOVE]
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You're doing better than a lot of people here so far, at least.
[ a lot is probably pushing it but also we've got some real dumbasses in this game ]
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and he
pauses to think about it]
... feels rude to agree...
[but like
kind of]
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[ that's not how it works ]
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and then sadly:]
That's not true, Takeru is very rude even if he's very right at the same time.
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[ is he? is it???? ]
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[HE'S BUYING IT]
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I guess so....
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[ WHERE'S THE LOGIC THERE AND WHY IS SHE SO CONFIDENT IN IT ]
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he nods]
'kay. I'll let you know if I - think of anything?
[LIKE IT'S HOMEWORK TO BE MEAN]
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[ like she agrees it's homework to be mean. ]