> Frown.> "I see..."
> "...Likely not to the degree you do."
> "Still, is that not all the more reason to continue onward?"
> "You may have been defeated this time. But I do not believe this defeat means you must resign yourself to the mediocrity you imply."
> Frown.> "Do you really think hermitry or the sword arts were simply given to me?"
> "Really now? What did she tell you, precisely?"
> How much of the actual implementation was Seiga's doing and how much was through our own efforts?
> Frown.> "It is true that she was instrumental in our discovering the Tao. I hope you do not believe I have reached where I am today through her efforts and not my own, however."
> "Mmm. Perhaps you would appreciate a similar opportunity in your own field, then?"
> "If you wish to become more than a 'normal swordsman', then it would be nice to be given the opportunity to do so, just as Seiga introduced us to the Tao."
> "Miss Konpaku made mention to you of a dueling organization, yes? I believe you will have no issue bettering yourself through routine exposure to those at your skill level."
> "And what did you start with?"
> Were we magically inclined before the Tao?
>Are there any other manners to be able to use magic besides being born with said potential that we know of ?
> "Mmm. I am not certain the Tao needs any such abnormal basis, at the very least."
