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Nice of them to leave my jacket. [AWKWARD PAUSE. The voice coming from Smoker's journal account is not his usual. Or from a male at all.]

What's with my voice?! [That just squeaks there in high-pitched worry.]

Ah hell... I have boobs.

Fuck you Malnosso.

[He... she rather, clears her voice.]

S-Smoker is back... [That's a bit hesitant.] Ikki, he... he might need help. Jitte and kickboxing lessons will return to normal, sorry everyone about the delay. Could I have a headcount of everyone still wishing to take them? I might need to reorganize his schedules.

[The last part is muffled as he starts to shut the journal.]

Damn it! These jeans are way too big! Now what?!

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Oh, all kinds of things.

Got anything more specific?

Hmm....

[Nope.]

[Why does he talk to her again?]

All right. Thanks for trying. So no shifts or someone running around attacking the villagers?

[Not for the scintillating conversation, that's for sure.]

Why would someone do something like that?

[Oh well. He'll keep on keeping on.]

We've been over this before Grune. Some people are bad.

[She just shakes her head. It's too bad Smoker still thinks like that. She'll have to work very hard to change his mind.]

Well, everyone was very nice while you were away. [Except for the part where her boyfriend cast a mindcontrol spell on one of her best friends. But she doesn't know about that.] There's nothing to worry about.

[Oh dear.]

Sounds boring. [Or it would, if he really believed it was that quiet. He heard about Tony's fight club after all.]

[And now she's back to being confused.]

Why would that be boring?

[It sounds very good to her.]

No opportunities to get stronger.

[Grune considers that for a little bit. With her, getting stronger isn't a matter of practice but of remembering what she can already do. But she knows that Walter spends a lot of time training, and Fenimore goes to her lessons with Suki, the same way Stella did. And Norma is looking for new eres to learn.

So, at the very least, she understands the concept. But:] Don't you have anyone to train with?

[He flushes a little, glancing into that coffee... and clears ~~his~~ her throat.]

Jitte, yes. Other things are harder to work out however. [It was a decision he reached while kidnapped, but it was insanely tricky to approach. And Smoker is not a people person :|]

Other things?

Devil fruit, haki. In my world, to slow down for even a second is to fall behind. Being away so long is a setback. And for those two things I don't have someone to train against.

[She thinks about that for a bit. She doesn't know what either of those things are. Later, she could ask some of her friends, like Ginia or Helios. They're both very smart, after all.

For now, though:] We could train together. Maybe it would help a little.

[Side glance.]

You think so?

[Fufufu... he will soon have an army of jitte wielders to take on all those pirates :>]

Oh, yes, I'm sure it will.

[Except she means she'll use her magic to train with him, not learn the jitte....]

[He's starting to realize she never mentioned interest in weapons or kickboxing before...]

What do you use?

I use eres. [Beat.] Oh, and my urn.

[Smile!]

How? In what way I mean?

Oh, I just think hard, and then my eres happen.

I guess I'll have to see it in action, since I'm not sure how it's comparable to haki or devil fruit.

All right. [She has no idea, either.]

I wonder when we should have our first practice.

I guess since it's not something hampered by my size, we could probably try it now, if you don't mind going to the barracks for room.

Or later if you prefer.

Why don't we go when you finish your coffee?

[She...kinda forgot to get tea, whoops.]

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