You were never sure why he made you practice like this. It isn’t like you’d ever need to fight against him. He knocks you down again. “Come on. You can do it, y’know? It ain’t so hard, just… focus.” He says, stopping the effect of his zanpakto. He lets you stand before resuming. “Remember. Up is down, left is right, now pay attention.” He says, lunging towards you. You attempt to dodge and get hit down again. He sighs, stopping the effect again. “One more time?” He asks, in a more serious mood than usual. Sometimes you wish you could just have the fun, carefree Shinji that talks about his tongue piercing and western vinyls all the time, even if its annoying.