"I wasn't finished." She pressed her forehead against her knees. The lamplight caught the top of her head and turned the violet into something deeper, closer to indigo. "You are also telling me that every time we have sex, I get physically stronger. That your bodily fluids have healing properties. That Mera and Cheon know about all of this and not only accept it but actively participate in managing it. And that despite being the most dangerous unregistered ability user in the country, you decided the best course of action was to enroll in a Hero Academy and fight the protagonist in a televised match."
"When you say it like that, it sounds irresponsible."
"It IS irresponsible."
"Fair."
She lifted her head. Her grey eyes were red around the edges. Not from crying. From the kind of emotional exhaustion that happens when your brain has been running full-speed for hours and hits the wall where processing power runs out.
"Why are you telling me this."
"Because I promised I would."
