"… Just like that. Good!"
Ryu smiled, lightly patting Sephare's soft dark blond hair. He couldn't remember the last time he felt this sort of genuine happiness. Regardless, it had been a very long time.
"Don't try and treat qi like a beast on a leash, think about it more like breathing. You aren't pulling air on a rope into your lungs, rather, you're expanding your lungs and creating a vacuum that invites air in.
"Treat your qi just like this. You don't have to tug, fight and pull it. Make it subconscious, a reflex you have as synonymous with yourself as taking a breath."
Ryu's voice was incomparably gentle, even his gaze was soft.
When Sephare came here with such a ridiculous goal in mind, he was honestly infuriated. His fury was for this poor girl as her resolve, but rather toward her mother and brother who actually allowed such a thing to occur in the first place.
