[How...did he get so strong. He doesn't turn back to her, crossing his arms as he contemplates the question. But at least he stopped. He's not walking away--not yet.
He... got as strong as he is because he had no other choice. From the time he was a child, that was all there was. Fighting. Training. Practicing. Studying. Rinse. Repeat. Learn everything he can, so that he can... what? Be Leon Magnus, knight of Seinegald. Be someone who was respectable, adult, and who could stand on his own, without any interference from his father.
... He threw all of it away, but nonetheless the fact remains that--
There's no way for her to reach his level.
But even so...]
... I worked for it. [Even so, for some reason, he doesn't want to tell her that. He thinks of Philia, who lifted a sword for the first time in her life, all for a cause she believed in, and who was a terror on the battlefield. He thinks of Stahn, who surpassed all expectations so quickly, beyond belief, as if that potential had always been in him, waiting to be tapped into.
...]
Every day. Without fail. I am not naturally gifted with brute strength. [He can concede that much--it's obvious just from looking at him.] And so I train, and I practice, until it not only does not hamper me, but that I am also reaching my own potential.
[... Or he was, anyway, but that's not something he intends to say either.]
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He... got as strong as he is because he had no other choice. From the time he was a child, that was all there was. Fighting. Training. Practicing. Studying. Rinse. Repeat. Learn everything he can, so that he can... what? Be Leon Magnus, knight of Seinegald. Be someone who was respectable, adult, and who could stand on his own, without any interference from his father.
... He threw all of it away, but nonetheless the fact remains that--
There's no way for her to reach his level.
But even so...]
... I worked for it. [Even so, for some reason, he doesn't want to tell her that. He thinks of Philia, who lifted a sword for the first time in her life, all for a cause she believed in, and who was a terror on the battlefield. He thinks of Stahn, who surpassed all expectations so quickly, beyond belief, as if that potential had always been in him, waiting to be tapped into.
...]
Every day. Without fail. I am not naturally gifted with brute strength. [He can concede that much--it's obvious just from looking at him.] And so I train, and I practice, until it not only does not hamper me, but that I am also reaching my own potential.
[... Or he was, anyway, but that's not something he intends to say either.]