"I agree," Ayane said. "When I used to read books all day, Baldassare used to pull me out. He said that it would be better if I trained and practiced. I liked how my father called my mother a gorilla. He said she had enormous strength. My mother liked all kinds of weapons and trained in wielding most of them but she always used her bare-fists. I wanted to have something to connect to her so I trained the same way. I use my bare-fists," the heat rose to her cheeks turning her face red.
"Why would she be interested in punching people?" Mike interjected. "She was a mage and with her skills, she doesn't need to learn how to fight with weapons or with her fists."
"I had the same question," she shrugged. "My father said that my mother said, since he had the same question, that she had to prepare for anything. There was once she fell into a trap and she couldn't use her magic. She had nothing to protect her. It was when she met my father… I guess."
