>>21196715Serena makes a few good points, a /few/, but not all are spot-on. For one thing, you can't recall a literary epic in which the protagonist /never/ once comes face to face with episodic otherworldly predicaments. Homer did it. Beowulf did it. Even fucking Harry Potter did it. Oh, and you did it too.
The fact remains, being safe is lame.
"The adventure's not as fun if you're walking around in five layers of bubble wrap and duct tape."
Your words of battle shounen wisdom strike a chord within her. Her lips gently brush against yours for a fraction of a second, "Hn...I'd knew you'd spout something akin to that.. You're always so incredibly brash and quick to jump to into danger of any kind, exactly what are you going to do when it severely backfires on you?"
Her words allude to injuries far more critical than just temporary leg paralysis.
>What do you say next?