"I suppose that's a blunt way of phrasing it, yes. Reliance on drugs may solve the problem but what if you come off them? Then we have withdrawals, the symptoms return, and they may even do so to a greater extent. Maybe with that in mind you can see why we want to use them in tandem with other treatments, rather than as a primary method." There wasn't an awful lot of need for all those pills anyways, not when they were making steady progress in regards to Viral's condition. Roughly another week until his genes were repaired, some unspecified amount of time after that for his body to fully recuperate, and then perhaps within a month his depression and anxiety could be stemmed. This was all of course provided nothing interfered with their work, which at this point Aito was determined beyond anything to ensure that did not happen. "You won't be a weak bony mass though, because you're going to be training," the doctor remarked, smiling as he tried to rebuke all of the Beastman's worries, "A week will come and go, and you'll begin to see notable improvements in your well-being, perhaps even by tomorrow. You should appreciate that you're recovering as quickly as you are, as in days past this sort of work would take months to do. I know you've suffered a long time, but just think: only a week until your body is stable, and then from there it all depends on how long until you're mentally settled. So remind me, what is so grim about this?"

Shy of telling Shu to quit being such a worrywart, Takeshi didn't know how else to calm his brother down. Sure getting mauled again was a little freaky, and he'd been a bit nervous to be near his brother, but seeing how harmless the little guy was now made him feel awfully silly in retrospect. Things like that happened rarely, and if they could ever actually get around to working on it then it'd never happen again. Granted doing so meant that he'd have to have some idea of what to even do, and right now he was completely clueless. June seemed to have some things in mind, but right now she was just following them along, not saying much. "Yeah, we can read and learn other stuff, it'll be fun... I guess," Takeshi said, smiling despite his own uncertainty. He'd never exactly classified learning as an enjoyable thing, more forcing himself to do so as not to be totally clueless. If that's what Shu wanted to do though then he'd give it another shot, earnest or otherwise. Wondering what June was thinking about all this, he glanced back at the lady curiously and found her staring at the two of them, like she was studying them or something. "Er... Do I have something on my back?" Takeshi asked, trying to figure out what she was looking at.

"Yes, your brother," June replied casually, smiling at the annoyed expression that appeared on Takeshi's face. No, she wasn't looking to see if there was something stuck on him, she was more watching how they interacted. Even someone with no training such as herself could pick out a few idiosyncrasies, like how they spoke to one another. Shu seemed desperate to live up to some standard and earn his brother's praise, and then Takeshi looked to want to help, but not know how. What they were doing had the best of intentions, but they were both a little... Clueless. "Shu? I was wondering... You don't know how to read or write, is that correct? Where'd you learn to speak then?" It was odd, he seemed to have some grasp on the spoken language, but not much else; even his knowledge of spoken language was iffy at best, he clearly needed more of an education. 

Sasha didn't much care what they did, though when Kiton almost dismissed training with her she'd jumped for that. She hadn't had a real chance to fight during their last battle with that monster, and while she knew she'd not have killed it maybe she'd be able to show off her ability then. Dragging Kiton forcibly along to the gymnasium, she near threw him in ahead of her and closed the door promptly, making it clear what they were here for. Smiling as he talked a little smack she gave a shrug of her shoulders, raising her fists to get into a stance. "If you beat me, remember that. Don't assume this is going to be so easy," Sasha retorted, starting to slowly edge her way towards Kiton. Once there was barely two meters between them she paused for a moment, sizing up her opponent as she wondered how best to start. He had that tail of his to use too, which meant getting somewhere that he couldn't make use of the extra limb would be a good idea. But what was it's reach? Best to start careful, she didn't want to be caught off guard. Heading right on in then she closed the gap with a charge, reeling back one arm and throwing a straight, hard jab to just gauge how strong he might be at stopping her strikes.

"I did try, you can't fault me for not being as versed in this as you are," Korian said defensively, sighing as he placed his hands on his hips, "You're right though, I won't be outdone by Krom. I still don't trust him in the least, and while what he says supports some of our theories, I can't help but think there's still more to this than he's letting on. Its obvious we've got to prepare for whatever is coming, which means we have a lot to do." Recalling troops, bolstering defenses, running routine scouting missions to ensure no monsters were appearing. Given that Viral was the only individual who could truly kill these beasts, that meant they had to find an alternative. Weapons might not be feasible, which left them with a high need for solar power and not very many options. "If you're asking me those questions then you know you're going to come up short. I can't even begin to propose a weapon for that," Korian remarked reluctantly, glancing back at Sayomi briefly, "I have to wonder though... This 'gamma ray' business... Can we replicate that? Maybe we don't need something like a blaster, maybe we just have to figure out how to create rays like that. Is there something we can do? Fission? I bet if we ask the Uuonians they can help."