[ Putting him on the spot is not her intention, though she's aware enough that she senses the slight change in his demeanor. She doesn't... know how to answer, exactly. She's never been shy before about admitting her own incompetence and shortcomings, but the stakes feel bigger in Reverein, with magic and impossible things that she still doesn't understand. Maybe it's a matter of feeling small, knowing the world is so much bigger than the ocean she crossed, and the country that lay on the other side. ]

He is a soldier with impossible strength. [ It still boggles the mind, the kinds of things they must have done to him to achieve this. ] Father is an amazing professor, and a doctor. And you... you are an incredible swordsman with unwavering Japanese spirit.

If 76 feels less alone with all of us here, then I am glad for it. But I suppose I just wonder what place I could possibly have, standing next to you all.