[Training] Past the event horizon

Noe

Best believe I'm still bejeweled
When I walk in the room, I can still make the whole place shimmer

It seemed that Noe had just settled into a rhythm when she began to tire, her muscles unused to being worked in such a way. It wasn't necessarily that the girl was weak - she was used to the physical labor of building things - but that she wasn't a fighter. And those skills were very, very different to learn and perfect. Still, Maea's encouragement boosted her confidence, and when she managed to hit the center of the pads through an entire set of punches, she threw up her hands in victory.

Chest heaving with the effort it had taken to get it right, Noe waved off Maea's question. "I'm fine," she panted, although with how out of breath she was, she certainly didn't sound fine. Lifting her arms over her head, Noe took a few forcibly deep breaths, trying to calm her aching lungs. "But maybe a small break would be good."

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4/4

And when I meet the band, they ask, "Do you have a man?"
I can still say, "I don't remember"