Rui raised an eyebrow at her words. "How do you plan on getting stronger from this point on? One of your greatest sources of growth was the Martial's memories. And now that you have it, you don't have the bottomless reservoir of power that you did before."
She nodded with an uncertain expression.
"I can't learn techniques the conventional way," she heaved a sigh. "I can only learn them by virtue of action and repeated action. Even the Yin-Yang Shield of the Gen Temple, I managed to learn because my grandmother created a routine of actions for me to master that would allow me to learn the technique, but…"
She heaved a sigh.
"It's very difficult to do that with high principles, which is what I need to learn to grow stronger. I realized this sore shortcoming of mine against Anthea."
