>>20176023Maria listened as she put the cup down onto the ground, watching Ash change her posture as she explained her situation.
>"Good to be back, Ash. Retirement didn't seem like the right option, so might as well keep these weary old bones of mine in action."The cogs seemed to be turning in Maria's head as she looked down to the pitch black roasted and ground bean soup cup on the desk.
>"...How about we hit several birds with one stone."Maria started as she put a couple of letters onto a pile.
>"You're not cleared for full action, yes. But you're allowed to work here as the head coach. Nothing preventing you from putting on a clinic for the rookies, show them the ropes."Leaning back on the table Maria noticed a ladybug fly through an open crack in the window and land on a nearby leaf.
>"But there's also nothing preventing you, or me for that matter, to send out a friendly message to former dojo alumni, inviting them to said clinic to partake.">"That way you get your action, and get a chance to talk things out, or wrestle things out with this 'someone' you mention. Who is, mind you, tearing it up right now as Champion. Hell, I've got half a mind to make that clinic a triple threat and join in, were it to happen."Maria took her phone out of her pocket and gave it a slight wiggle.
>"Just give the word Coach, and I'll give her a call." 