Demon
"… Just like that. Good!"
Ryu smiled, lightly patting Sephare's soft dark blond hair. He couldn't remember the last time he felt this sort of genuine happiness. Regardless, it had been a very long time.
"Don't try and treat qi like a beast on a leash, think about it more like breathing. You aren't pulling air on a rope into your lungs, rather, you're expanding your lungs and creating a vacuum that invites air in.
"Treat your qi just like this. You don't have to tug, fight and pull it. Make it subconscious, a reflex you have as synonymous with yourself as taking a breath."
Ryu's voice was incomparably gentle, even his gaze was soft.
When Sephare came here with such a ridiculous goal in mind, he was honestly infuriated. His fury was for this poor girl as her resolve, but rather toward her mother and brother who actually allowed such a thing to occur in the first place.