Realization

She smiled at those words. "You're this mature. At your age too, interesting."

"Everyone matures eventually," Rui modestly remarked.

"I wasn't talking about that, though there is that too, I suppose."

Rui glanced at her quizzically.

"Your Martial Art possesses a depth that I have never seen from any Martial Squire in my entire life," She murmured as she stepped closer, circling around him as she sized him up despite her closed eyes. "Intriguing, really."

She reached forward, clasping Rui's arm, lifting it up as she dropped it, almost like he were a toy.

Rui, on the other hand, was unsure whether to feel awkward or amused.

"Your Martial Art is formless," She remarked. "Yet you aren't an all-rounder. Your combat style changes and changes, like the water in an ebbing river."

"…"

"What is your Martial Path?" She asked with a hint of curiosity, as her soft yet deeply potent voice poured into his body.