[ Alex had been pondering how to ask this for some time, not sure if she was in any position to do so. But it had been eating at the back of her mind for some time, and the long train ride to Primavera left with her with not much else to think on or do. ]
Hello Itachi, can I ask you something about our training? It doesn’t have to be right away, when you’re free or something.
[ So she says, as her foot taps impatiently against the train’s floor, staring at the screen as if it would make him answer faster. ]
[She straightens in her seat when she gets the response back, biting on her bottom lip as she focuses on typing up her message. Which...takes her a bit longer than she expected. She’d delete, start over, erase some, accidentally erase too much or just completely lose the message. It was a whole damn mission. At one point she just figures it’s good enough and finally hits send.]
I really appreciate you training me and I know I’ve still got a long way to go and you’ve been very patient with me. It’s not that I’m asking for it to be like the first time, but I did notife that how you’ve been training me since has been really dimple. Any maybe that’s just how it is, I don’t know anything about this since I’m new to it. So I hope I’m not offending you by asking.
[There's a lot to unpack here. Itachi is not entirely surprised by the sentiment Alex is expressing now, although he had thought it might take longer to reach this conversation. And it is somewhat... nostalgic, too, of his own childhood.]
I am not offended. It's all right.
Let me start by asking: you don't feel challenged, is that correct?
[ She really didn’t want to come off as ungrateful, and what would she know about how to be trained, but a part of her did expect a little more. Or maybe she felt babied almost. ]
Yes, you’re right. I can handle a bit more. Unless you think I can’t?
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Text; Train to Primavera
Hello Itachi, can I ask you something about our training? It doesn’t have to be right away, when you’re free or something.
[ So she says, as her foot taps impatiently against the train’s floor, staring at the screen as if it would make him answer faster. ]
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I am free now. What is it, Alex?
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I really appreciate you training me and I know I’ve still got a long way to go and you’ve been very patient with me. It’s not that I’m asking for it to be like the first time, but I did notife that how you’ve been training me since has been really dimple. Any maybe that’s just how it is, I don’t know anything about this since I’m new to it. So I hope I’m not offending you by asking.
Are you going easy on me?
[ Hold up, was that a typo? ]
2/2
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I am not offended. It's all right.
Let me start by asking: you don't feel challenged, is that correct?
no subject
Yes, you’re right. I can handle a bit more. Unless you think I can’t?