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"Well.... I have been seriously thinking of practicing more archery, I hadn't really had a chance with all the other lessons."

And tangents and stuff, but that was something she would like to focus on more. Unless she wanted to learn combative magic, she was still on the fence about that. Miyuki always figured it took a lot more skill, and she couldn't even do a rune using pure magic yet.

Granted as her Alassea would say, it's always hard, but you try regardless.

"I've tried all bladed weapons when you were little and before you were born. I'm not hopeless, but I'm not great. I've been thinking about combat magic, but I'm not sure."

Setting her brush and ink aside she rubbed her forehead thoughtfully.

"Granted, I know Auntie Feng and Uncle Ryu do know some Gaian styles, and Auntie Feng does know a weapon I haven't tried yet...."

Shoving that thought aside for a moment she lightly brushed her fingers against the newly drawn rune, pushing her magic into it. It would make it permanent and would do what she wanted it to do.

"It's alright to think about asking, and you should," Miyuki added once she was finished, "It's just... what do we learn?"

That was a good point, and Miyuki wasn't sure how to respond to that. She understood why he didn't want to learn one, because Andarien was worse than her when it came to learning how to fight. At least she could learn, though she would never have the skill her parents have.

"Well.... I mean... I am learning how to fight, but I've always been on the side working on ways using magic to help me, because I simply am not as great like mom and ada. I can't use a blade.... and I don't even know if my ideas work, but..."

It was better than nothing, she had to learn something to help her and if she couldn't fight she would use magic.

Now that her runing was done, Miyuki wandered over to Andarien's bed and sat on the edge. She understood how that was bothering him, it would be hard for him to adapt and learn more because he's always had such a hard time.

"I'd say keep up the archery, long distance and good aim will take down people better than close combat," she told him, "But you know... you know a lot of stuff... maybe there's something you can make to help you."

Like the way she was trying with runes.

"Well...."

She tried to think of it, she didn't know much about weapons.

"Like the hard part about archery isn't always the aiming, it's the pulling back the string because it takes a lot of strength... and they're really large bows... even the recurve bows are kind of large. If there was a way for the string to be pulled back mechanically.... I have no clue how that would work."

She paused and thought a bit more, it was probably a silly idea.

"I really don't know, but... I heard a story once from... I think it was Uncle Triton. How Grandfather brought Gaian technology into the Four Lands and they were attacked, and he used something that made a huge bang and it scared off the attackers. I think it also hurt some of them, I'm not sure how that works neither, but... there are... what's the term... chemicals? That make a big bang when mixed right?"

"Alright," Miyuki nodded at this as she also stood up.

She hoped it would help him, she understood how Andarien was feeling, even though there was more she could do about it.

"Let's go, I bet he's in his room too."

"Are they that unusual?" Miyuki asked.

She figured it was something familiar that Shiro might know about, but if he had to hurry out to get more then it might be new even to him.

Miyuki could tell that Kaito knew something that they didn't, and he wasn't going to tell them.

"A lot of science stuff?" she guessed.

Since Kaito wasn't being forthcoming on it at all.

Since their cousin was being of little help at the moment Miyuki nodded.

"Alright then," she replied, "Onto their room then."

If they were lucky, their parents were still packing since they sort of had more stuff than them. She bid goodbye to Kaito and led the way out.