Of course, he himself was a genius by normal standards. He had clearly inherited the talent of his father and his grandfather, but even such an extraordinary talent paled in comparison to the civilizational deviant that was Ria.
He had needed the manifold to barely keep up with her.
And this only after she had chosen to slow down a bit rather than pursuing Sagehood immediately. She could have chosen to become a Martial Sage immediately after, of course. Seclude herself in a pod for an extended period of time as it decoded who she was and then uploaded it into her mind.
She chose not to.
She wanted to escape the life that she had lived up until then at all costs. Sagehood could wait, as far as she was concerned.
VMMM
