[Rosekitten]

Mizuki had good points. To admit it they were all true. Sure something else could have come along and spared Mizuki's life but as far as things went he had saved the other countless of times. Though they could be flukes, and most of them... no rather all of them were before the curse was fixed. Who knew maybe that had more of a effect then he first thought it would have.

He still didn't want to say that saving the other proved anything. Though the more Mizuki spoke the more right he knew the other was. Maybe he wasn't weak but he certainly wasn't anything impressive either. There was a lot he could do to improve or work on and yet he stayed too busy anymore to bother with it. Heck the other things was that he was reminded he was young by a number of people. For his kind he was and yet he had been through more then most could say they had lived through in a lifetime.

Though this was when Mizuki brought up the fact they were both drunk that night as well and that Mizuki had taken advantage of that. Ok that might be true. That day had been a long on indeed and the drinking hardly helped anything as well as the surprise attack from the get go. But still that couldn't be all to blame right? Heck that morning Mizuki had told him to stop or that he was going to stop such habits. He should have listened and probably all of this wouldn't have happened.

Though the next words made him think a little on the question. Did he? Thinking more he didn't actually know he never bothered to care really. Sure he knew the other was older and could guess at least a good fifty or so years but he had a odd feeling that was a poor guess at best as he shook his head a little to answer the question.

Well that explained a lot, though it meant even if he had tried in their spars the odds that he would have won were still slim to none if not for a fluke happening or some rare event where he caught Mizuki off guard. Though this was when Mizuki seemed to say he learned a lot over the years but not enough it seemed.

With that he sighed a little before moving to lean back against the wall not too far from where he had been while Mizuki was talking. "Heh.. odds are even if I had tried I would have still lost then... tsk damn my age." That seemed to haunt him almost. Every time he turned around he was reminded he was still young or that most that he faced against were older and more experienced then he was. That would always be the case it seemed.

He shook his head a little at the thought. "fine, you win." He seemed to say thinking on some things. He still seemed a bit distant but it was a start right? "Who knows maybe if I live long enough to be a hundred Ryza and your damned dragonkin will get off my back." He doubted it. Both of them reminded him daily that He could do better or Mizuki was stronger.

With that he stood finally though he winced a little having forgotten the wounded hand he use to push off the ground with. Glaring at it a little before speaking he shrugged a little. "Oh well.. Nothing I can actually do to fix that." He started before Moving and making Mizuki stand finally. "Though Neimi would kill me if she knew the shape you were in and you weren't getting attention you needed." He did manage a smirk with this even if it was a weak one. Things had to start somewhere right.