Welp, you died again.

It was stupid, really. Trying to defend yourself and the others from the Invaders and out of all the ways you coulda been killed, a sneak attack from behind from an Invader is what does you in.

It was like as if a couple days earlier- HELL, SINCE THE START, you were doing just fine! Was hanging out with your pals just slowing down your progress? Making you rusty? It didn’t matter anyway, you still ultimately chose to hang out with them anyway.

They just know how to make you squirm in reverse.

“Now, where were you? Right, with Kyoshika swinging bamboo swords. Sure, she uses her own sword and the katana given to her via the Infuser, but it wouldn’t hurt to teach you how to use one in case of emergencies, no?*

At least you’ll be dying less. Probably.

“One! Two! Three! Four!”

You said the same, swinging the bamboo sword up and down, just like Kyoshika was. Why agree to this, also? Well, in her words…

”If training counts as a date, then we’d be killing two birds with the same stone…!”

Terrific. So much so, you asked her about it. Except…

“You would listen to my past? Do you have enough patience for it? It…is rather lengthy, I will admit.”