[She bought ten ticks and a pace. She'll take that.

But, her smile does become far more honest at the praise. Almost as though a small amount of the weight she's carried is lifted off her shoulders. Yes, that is so like him from when they both were younger.

She will worry when they're all under the same roof once she makes sure he doesn't die attempting to stab the fustercluck. Allura looks down at the green bracer just poking out from under her armor, then at him once more. Yep. That sure is a few feathers of emerald green beneath her pink paladin armor. She didn't choose it, okay. Shh.]

"Like father like daughter," as some of my friends would say. [She'll tease right back, though the connotations are rather strong there.]

When you are ready to test those limits, I'm willing to help you. I had to discover it the hard way against creatures made of rot and shadow.