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Ran Mouri rmzepar@applenet.net
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I had a few questions to ask, if anyone can help:

1. Has it ever happened before that someone hasn’t completely Awakened? I mean . . . they remember some of their memories, but not all of them, and they never made a pact and never had anything appear like everyone else?

Is there a way to get them to Awaken completely?

2. Has anyone seen someone named Shinichi? He's been on the app before. I don’t know how to contact him otherwise. I don’t even know who he’s supposed to be in this place. He told me a few days ago he’d talk to me, and he left the app abruptly, and I haven’t seen him since. Is there a way to find out where he is?

(Shinichi, if you see this, you’d better say something!! You’re making me worried.)

3. Not quite as serious, but still important –- I need a place to practice karate. I guess I never learned it here, but if things are going to happen like that last battle, I need to make sure I practice and keep getting better. Does anyone else practice too? Having a partner –- or partners –- would be good!

Thank you!

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[Insert directions here.]

I do. Before coming here I spent about half my life training in hand to hand combat.

[His personal feelings on whatever that conversation was aside, he can't let someone just wander around here without training.]

[She writes those directions down, resolving to check things out the next day she doesn't have practice after classes.]

[Meanwhile, she can't help but be impressed.]

Ah, wow! Did you train in any particular style?

The 'me' here trained in Krav Maga. Back home, I didn't train in a particular style... though it's slower than some others. Some of my friends focus more on speed, I focus more on power, it seems.

I think it all comes down to preference and what the strengths of your body are, really.

Krav Maga . . . I think I remember reading about that. It's a combination of a lot of disciplines, isn't it?

It does. I trained in swordplay before, but wasn't able to keep it up regularly while I was away from home. My main weapon is a scythe or sword or a gun, which translated over to here with the weapon I received.

It is. Russian, I think? I'm not sure.

[After a few moments...]

No. Israel.

Were you in the military, then?

[Because that's a lot of weapons. And things that definitely wouldn't be common to train with in her world.]

And I think that's what I remember too.

If you'd ever be up for doing a demonstration, I'd love to see it.

No. It's just an interesting style.

I teach a few days a week. If you want to come by after that, I can show you some things.

[But to spend half his life on it? She has to wonder if that was a choice.]

[It doesn't feel like it's the best time to ask, though. It feels potentially personal, and so she holds back. Maybe sometime in the future there will be another opportunity.]

I'll definitely come by. Thank you.

I'll see you around.

[The more they train, the better off they'll be whenever the next fight comes up.]