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[X] Offer to accompany her instead.

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"Why don't I accompany you instead?" Vincent says. "I'm sure you have some things to finish this afternoon."

"Hmm," Youmu says. "Well, there is one thing I usually do at this time..."

Youmu leads Vincent to a small training dojo beside the mansion.

"If I don't train, I might get rusty," she says.

Vincent takes a seat against one of the walls. Youmu draws the longer of her two blades and starts with some vertical practice swings. After a few minutes, she switches to horizontal swings. Then, she begins moving her legs along with her swings. Nothing really catches Vincent's interest, as these are standard warm-ups.

"..."

Youmu sheathes her sword and closes her eyes to concentrate. In the next moment, she draws and swings her blade numerous times. Vincent barely has time to blink. That was too fast for any normal human. She wipes a bit of sweat from her brow after the technique.

"Wow, sixteen strikes in a split second. Amazing technique." Vincent says.

Youmu looks at him curiously. She is staring at him with an expression he can't read.

"Umm, did I say something wrong?" he asks.

"Might be a fluke," she mutters. "Just in case, could you watch this next move and tell me what you see?"

Vincent gives her a shrug.

"I can try, I guess..."

Youmu sheathes her sword and concentrates once more. This time, she takes a full minute before she moves. In a single moment, she draws both swords and swings them with inhuman speed and accuracy. There is no way that he can see every strike. However, her movements look strangely familiar.

"How many?" she asks.

Vincent blinks. This time, he definitely couldn't see each move. However, he thinks he can make a good guess.

"I didn't see every move," he admits. "But based on your foot movements and stance, I'd say you made 107 strikes."

Youmu narrows her eyes.

"I-I mean that I think you were going to swing 108 times, but you paused slightly on the second to the last rotation."

"..."

"Umm..."

"Impossible," she says. "No human should be able to see my foot movements, and only those of the Konpaku family can recognize our stances."

Vincent opens his mouth to protest, but finds that he has nothing to say. How did he see her swings? They were definitely faster than any master swordsman he has seen. How did he recognize her stance? He never studied swordsmanship outside of Europe. The more he thinks about it, the more his confusion increases.

Youmu has a slightly glazed look as her gaze moves from his face to his sword and back again. Her mouth is slightly open. Her right hand is tightly gripping her longer sword. Her legs are shaking a little. Is she excited?

Vincent pauses. This might be a chance to learn something important, but it also looks damn dangerous.

He wonders idly if this girl know how to hold back.

[ ] Try to make up an excuse. She might kill you by accident.
[ ] Ask if you can train beside her. Maybe you can try to copy her moves.
[ ] Ask if you can spar with her. Maybe you can learn something important.
[ ] Ask if you can have a duel. Maybe you can defeat her.
[ ] Custom

If he is going to participate, he should use:
[ ] His own sword.
[ ] One of the wooden practice swords in the dojo.