[THAT MAKES ONE OF THEM, on both counts! Kotori's faces is just... shocked, and intimidated, and... maybe a little incredulous, DELLA HAVE YOU MET HER?]
I-I... that's... I mean...
[Now she's caught between a rock and a hard place. She does not want to do this. She's a pacifist, she's a wimp about getting hurt, her athletic ability is average to mediocre, and she would find every minute of training miserable. She's sure Della will too, by the end of it.
On the other hand, Kotori is a Good Japanese Girl, and even without that is very meek about standing up for herself 90% of the time anyway. And here is an adult, an authority figure, offering training in a skill that would probably make her useful out of genuine concern. Kotori has very little reason or ability to say no, at least how she sees it, and doing so would be VERY ungrateful, bordering on stupid.]
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I-I... that's... I mean...
[Now she's caught between a rock and a hard place. She does not want to do this. She's a pacifist, she's a wimp about getting hurt, her athletic ability is average to mediocre, and she would find every minute of training miserable. She's sure Della will too, by the end of it.
On the other hand, Kotori is a Good Japanese Girl, and even without that is very meek about standing up for herself 90% of the time anyway. And here is an adult, an authority figure, offering training in a skill that would probably make her useful out of genuine concern. Kotori has very little reason or ability to say no, at least how she sees it, and doing so would be VERY ungrateful, bordering on stupid.]
I, um... I...