Even a man like him had faced so many moments where he could barely hang on, so many times he wanted to give up... He stood there in a daze, looking at the calm and composed Paige Summers across from him. 'I should have known all along,' he thought, 'just how incredibly strong-willed this woman is!'
For every training method he proposed along the way, she always did more and pushed herself harder than any of the other team members. While they were groaning in misery and on the verge of collapse, she would carry on with a smile, not even batting an eye. And in every battle, she was always the first to charge into the fray...
A dejected look unwittingly crept into his eyes.
'A woman like her... am I even worthy of her?'
He stood rooted to the spot, lost in thought, the joy he'd felt just moments before at the prospect of meeting a master who had reached the Innate Realm completely forgotten.
