"No problem! No way for you to know since you weren't there when I guess I left?" She shook her head at the question. "Nope! Just like going to sleep and waking up the next day, except it was... Two whole months and instead of waking up in bed I woke up on the platform."

"And it's really nice to meet you, Rich!" She laughed at the comment about feeling less bad about hitting her, it dissolving into giggles that continued as she spoke. "Okay, Rich. The man who trained me that I sparred with regularly is eight fulms tall and one of his arms is as thick as my torso. I know how to take a hit." She winked at him.