Yumi beamed when she heard progress was being made with Viral. It had been a long, painstaking road for him and at last Vegeta sounded optimistic about something. He had said not to get overly excited, but she couldn't help herself. "Viral, that's great! Soon you'll be back to your regular old self!" And they could get back to all the fun of training together and taking on enemies side by side. She really did miss fighting alongside Viral, they hadn't done so properly since Earth far as she could recall. Well, there was that giant monster they fought too, but she'd evidently been knocked out for part of that fight, so some partnership that had been. The 'woman' comment made her mouth twitch slightly in irritation, but she bit it back knowing the Beastman was on medication. That slipped by, but then Viral insulted her ears. Huffing reached up, touching her ears possessively. "They're not THAT big! I think they're no bigger than my human ears!" Yumi retorted, frowning before looking at Viral. "What do you mean lose your mind...? I thought you were going to get better, what's this about dying?"

"Don't worry about it Yumi. He's in a rut, but I give you my word he's going to be fine." Vegeta said, sighing to himself, "Viral, there's no need to worry Yumi. Now come on, let's get something to eat." Whether he liked it or not they were dining together, and Yumi was likely joining them. Fine by him, it had been a while since they'd eaten together, just the three of them. Granted one of them wasn't all there right now, off in his own little world, but Viral was with them in spirit. Using himself to support the Beastman, Vegeta led him along gradually, keeping their pace slow as not to rush things. "But yeah... If this gene therapy is successful I may be able to do the same to undo changes too. That means I can revert you back to a regular human, rather than this... Well half-breed, I suppose."

Hm... Being fully human again. Yumi actually had to think about that, whether she wanted it or not. Sure, the ears were still taking some getting used to, but they had proven useful several times. Her senses were well enhanced beyond normal human capacity as well, so there was that going for it. The downsides were probably the weakening of her Ki, something that she'd picked up on during her last training session. It was still there, she could use it unlike Viral, but it almost felt suppressed. So she was trading raw, natural power for her energy, and it was hard to say if that was a good trade off or not. "Let me think about it, I don't know just yet," Yumi answered, smiling as she folded her hands behind her back. He was still out of it, but Yumi felt the urge to talk with Viral, about anything really. They never really talked any more, maybe he'd be willing to for that reason too. "So... Viral. What do you think is causing so much trouble for the rebels and Saiyans? Think maybe the king is just pulling a trick on us? Sacrificing his own men for a distraction maybe? I've tried reading up on military tactics, and I guess one way to do things is to sacrifice your own troops to lull the enemy into security. Kind of a cold way to fight, don't you think?"

Takeshi gave a roll of his eyes, sticking his tongue out childishly at Shu. If he was going to use his words against him then fine, he just wouldn't speak. Then again he had to call for T'charrl, so being silent was a no go. At least their friend didn't come to the door on his hands and knees this time, that was weird. Perhaps this time he would be more willing to come along with them too seeing as Haku wasn't tagging along. He'd debated about inviting the other boy again, but figured after the last 'success' at dinner he'd give it some time. "Yeah, train and practice!" he repeated, grinning proudly. Well damn, T'charrl could really speak now. He still had an odd accent, but Takeshi chalked that up to just being a Kaesstrian. Not everyone sounded the same after all. Moving back to give their friend some room he arched an eyebrow, surprised there was more T'charrl had to say. "Yeah, yeah you sound good. We can understand you perfectly," he replied, giving a thumbs up, "Those lessons are paying off big time. Soon you'll be talking as well as Shu!" Smirking he stepped closer, giving T'charrl a slight nudge in the arm with his elbow. "I can even teach you a few 'special' words if you want."