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Mina smiled, properly, this time. Her weak spot was self-deprecating humor. Maybe because it saved her the trouble. She didn't like insulting people because it seemed quite childish and required some effort and imagination she could put to better use. She was attracted to the concept of it, though. 

"Ryuuto didn't 'rope me into' Anything. He suggested the idea and I agreed for my own reasons; namely the Power Training mid-term and the Tournament. Last year I failed the mid-term and lost in round one of the Tournament. This year, I want to know who I'm fighting against, what they can do, and how they fight. I want to know their weak point. I want to know their personalities. What buttons to push, so that if I face any of them, I'll step on them as I journey towards my goal this year; to get a clean sweep of top marks," she states, coldly. She was even scarier when she tolerated your presence and opened up than she ever was as an aloof ice queen. Who knew?

As Brock takes time to charge up, she scribbles. As Akiko blindly rushes in, she scribbles. Two valuable bits of information right off the bat. This was going well.

"I wrote my strategy against you shortly after the tournament last year, if you're interested in such things, but I might add 'Go for the nose' at the end." She left a brief pause, then smiled almost cruelly. "That was just a joke."