"Heeey, you've reached Yang! Well, actually, you didn't reach far enough, 'cause I'm not here right now! But don't yang up! Just leave a message on this baby, and I'll get back to you soon enough, okay?"
Weeeell, maybe next time, I'll hit a little harder. [ But she'll also talk to Ruby about unlocking his aura, laughing now as she draws her hand back. It's good to know that he isn't fazed (much) by her leaving him a special package of bruises to remember this training by. ]
[Unlocking his aura's a great idea and one he'll be grateful for later. Right now he's still shaking off the hits and stretching out again to relieve sore muscles.]
You might be a little late for that. [Even he can admit when he's getting a little too cocky, at least to people he's comfortable around.] But hit as hard as you want. I'm not scared. Just don't break anything because Tadashi would probably get mad.
That's all I ask. [There's a short exhale.] I should probably get back to him anyway. But...we'll do this again really soon and keep going. For longer, even. Okay?
Definitely! Hopefully by then I'll have part of the gunblade put together. Maybe we can test it out, too. [Hiro that's in like three days and then you're being transported to the jungle. But whatever.]
...oh. I said I'd give you credits for the lessons. How much do you want? [He's trying to be a man of his word at least.]
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I can't have you getting too cocky just yet.
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You might be a little late for that. [Even he can admit when he's getting a little too cocky, at least to people he's comfortable around.] But hit as hard as you want. I'm not scared. Just don't break anything because Tadashi would probably get mad.
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[ Seriously, she'd rather not hurt him that much. ]
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...oh. I said I'd give you credits for the lessons. How much do you want? [He's trying to be a man of his word at least.]
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[ One less treat to buy Ruby surely counts. ]
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I do have enough for more than a popsicle, you know. But sure. We'll call us even and I'll do that sometime.
[Yang you are weird, Hiro's officially decided this.] I'll call you when the bruises fade a little more and we'll meet up again.