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Unfortunately for Hel, Shun had been out for a walk right at that time. Adjusting to having one eye was interesting to say in the least. His peripheral vision wasn't what it used to be, and he had noticed that his depth perception had taken a hit as well. As a result, he was a bit clumsier than usual when moving about quickly. So he was usually trying to be careful and attempted to be as aware of his surroundings as he possibly could.

With his hands in his pockets, he slowly made his way through the gardens, hoping to not bump into anything, when he heard a slightly strange sound. It was like something had fallen to the ground, but he wasn't really sure what that was.

Furrowing his brow, he went to investigate, only to find Hel with a large plastic hoop. He had seen scarelings with similar things before. Hula hoops they were called?

The reaper didn't say anything. No. He just stared at her from behind, trying to figure out what the Jack she was doing. He might have also been standing maybe five feet from her.

Had Shun known that Hel was rather antsy about people being behind her, he might not have pulled off that stealth hi. But, he just didn't really see a need to make himself really be known when he was trying to see what she was doing. However, he soon noticed that she was spinning about rather quickly. He went to move to the side to try and avoid her attack, but he didn't quite judge how far he needed to move all too well.

And so he took a hula hoop to the face.

"Arg!" he grunted as his head whipped back from the sudden smack. It hadn't hurt. It just was a bit surprising. Shaking his head, he narrowed his good eye at Hel while clenching his fists a bit. He hadn't quite appreciated that all too much.

"I hadn't realized you changed your weapon," he said lowly.

Once Hel retrieved the object, Shun ran a hand through his hair before letting out a breath. He just sort of shrugged when she said that was what he got for sneaking up on her more or less.

"Moving silently has its merits. I was just out for a walk really. Still adjusting," he frowned lightly before eyeing the hoop, "And exactly what the jack were you doing with that? Or were you planning on throwing it at people in the first place?"

It was completely plausible to him. Add some blades onto something like that and it was a viable weapon really.

A little cumbersome, but with some finesse it could probably work out.

"No."

Shun said that rather flatly, but that was all he said on the matter. His attention went back to the hoop and he nodded quietly in understanding. They had both lost something. He could only imagine that without the weight of her wings at her back all of the sudden that her balance was not quite the same as what it was before. Not to mention her mobility as she could no longer fly.

"It will take time. For both of us. That and a good amount of training."

Always training. Never not training.

"I hate to admit it but it's been a little slow on my end as well."

He knew that feeling. Shun wished to be back in prime condition himself. When Hel covered one of her eyes and looked around, he furrowed his brow, but he didn't say anything. She soon clarified herself within the next moment anyway.

"Decently I suppose. Close range combat is not quite as reliant on depth perception. I know the range of my arms with my blades rather well. The issue is more needing to cover my left side... as well as things that cover a longer range such a when I throw a dagger or shadow step."

Especially the shadowstepping. His aim on that had been notably off he had noticed.

"You too fought recently. How did you fair?"

Shun waited as Hel took the time to explain how she felt about the whole matter. Quite frankly, he was surprised that she no longer lacked a resolve to fight. This was a bit of a concern... especially for the valkyrie. Perhaps the loss of her wings had done more damage than it seemed.

"No will to fight. The resolve is not there," he nodded while closing his eye to think about this. It was not an issue he personally had, but he had a few ideas on the matter.

"Your original will must have been damaged or lost at some point then. What drove you to fight before?"

That explained it. Maybe not entirely, but it explained a good deal as far as Shun was concerned. He could only imagine that it was hard to strive to be the best there ever was when she had been crippled essentially. He took a few moments to think this over, not answering right away as he stood there in silence to put his thoughts together.

"The greater the goal, the harder the fall. If that was your only drive then it's no wonder it's managed to crack. You need something else along with that. A weak resolve will not get you far in battle," he frowned.