>>19103249Shogun takes a moment to think. It could've just been marketing, right? It was "best duo," and War Horse was originally just Mare and C.A.M.O. But in terms of the other categories, Shogun certainly thought Karna should be up there.
But...
>I don't care what they think.>You're "relevant" to me. I remember each and every one of our fights, and your fight for the title won't be leaving my head any time soon.>I want to be remembered, yes, but the truth is I don't care if that happens in the tournament or twenty years from now with the benefit of hindsight.>I could have been first or unlisted in that poll, and I'd be fighting just as hard as I planned on doing.>But, well...I'd be lying if I said I couldn't entirely relate.>I wouldn't trade the brief time I knew Skelly Skelly for anything, but let's face it; even if she didn't think so, I was mostly in the shadows of the Stars.>...funny, you were actually there for that, too! Well, in the back after you had won, I suppose, but...>And now--as happy for her as I am--I've got Onigiri-san to compete with. She got #1 and she's not even here!>(Well, neither was I, really.)>But I know those two care--cared, in Skelly-san's case--for me a lot. Just as your comrades care for you, just as *I* care for you, and that's what counts.>Of course, that's exactly why you should fight even harder and not hold it against yourself! We all want to see you on there next time.>It's not on you for losing, it's on the crowd for not seeing how amazing you are! So SHOW them. Again and again and again.>Eventually, enough girls will collide with the canvas that they'll get the message. 