It was day… thirteen? Fourteen? Zerori wasn’t really keeping up much anymore with how long ago it had been since she’d met Shen and subsequently agreed to be his student slash body guard slash… companion? Honestly, lines were getting blurred as to what they were because now that she’d made it clear she was going to take his training sessions in her Gravitron, the way they’d begun to interact with each other had gotten less and less professional. She wasn’t going to deny that there was likely a more instinctual reason she was so taken by him, but this wasn’t nothing new to her, either. Still, for the sake of professionalism, Zerori kept her hands to herself beyond actually fighting her master in a training settling.

Speaking of, she was in said Gravitron right at this moment, sweat pouring from her skin as she’d continued with her push-ups with single-mind determination. Nearby, doing his own sort of training, was Master Shen as he sat upon the floor and meditated. While Zerori wasn’t going to say anything against his choice of training, she still didn’t believe that meditating had any REAL beneficial properties. Then again, Callion was a very powerful guy and she got her ass KICKED by him last time they’d met… so maybe there might be something to it.

That was neither here nor there, however, as Zerori was finishing up her final set, “3,998… 3-3,999-!” She groaned, her arms and legs shaking as she strained the last ones, “4-.... 4,000!” And promptly collapsed without much more preamble. Hearing the noise from her collapse, Shen would open an eye to glare at her as she laid prone out on the floor.

“That was quite atrocious. How do you expect to be able to make it to 10,000 like I asked if you can’t even get halfway there?” Sometimes, Zerori forgot that he was the Master here and she was an actual student - even if she didn’t act like it out of pure spite.

“Sh-!.... Shut the fuck up, please,” She groaned, trying to cope with her muscles spasming in a constant influx of pain. “Weren’t you gonna… like teach me another trick?” Misdirection always worked, especially when it came to Shen.

“Of course but we’re not doing it here. Unless you don’t mind repairing this very apparently expensive room,” The sarcasm he exuded was always related her more than it ever got on her nerves. So much so that when a smile pulled at her lips, Zerori had to catch herself and push her arms up before slumping loudly onto her back.

“Fine… you done sitting there?” Zerori was ask a moment later, just after Shen had closed his eyes.

“Eager to get out of this room already?” He likely was expecting Zerori to continue her own brand of training while getting in a bit of his own. To her credit, Zerori didn’t seem that offended.

“Absolutely not, but you can’t blame me for getting excited!” She laughed as she turned to him, grinning all the while. With a grunt, Zerori brought her legs up to her chest and (with her core and leg strength) swung herself back onto her feet in an impressive display. She’d come a LOT farther using the gravity and was gradually getting used to it, but there were upgrades she had to get started on. Shit took time, however. “You ready?!”

Now Zerori was starting to get to know Shen pretty well - almost a little too well but it never failed to get her a bit smug when she saw the beginnings of a smile on his face. He possessively held tight to the persona of being a hard ass but she could see the cracks in his facade with every wise crack and stupid joke.

“Very well.”

“Great! Hey Bixby! End Gravitron session!” Zerori would call out, a chime ringing out a moment later before atmosphere of the entire room seemed to change with a warble of noise. Then, like the world felt completely new again, the weight of gravity would cease it’s oppressive press against them. Zerori let out a sigh of relief, cracking her neck this way and that before looking over at Shen, “That’s my favorite part, not gonna lie.”

“Of course it is,” He could dryly agree as he made his way to the door. With practiced ease, he opened the hatch and sauntered right out as if the gravity hadn’t affected him at all. Contrastingly, Zerori looked as if she were physically dragging her feet along the hatchframe - an overdramatic mess as she took a water bottle from the fridge nearby and chugged it down with vocal enjoyment. Of to the side, Shen would glare at Zerori again as he took his sunglasses from the table he’d set them on before putting them back on his face. “Shameful woman…”

She let out a gasp of relief as she crushed the now empty bottle in her hands, cheekily replying as she laughed with breathlessness, “You love it.” Feeling refreshed and revitalized, Zerori would make her way up the stairs - waving Master Shen along, “Alright! Let’s do this! What’s this technique called anyway?”

Following Zerori allow, Shen would answer simply, “The ‘Mystical Dodon Ray’ or Dodonpa in our native language,” He spoke with pride and an uncharacteristic amount of reverence. Well, it was his technique so it wasn’t too strange he’d revere his own power.

“Huh, neat. Let’s fuckin’ GO!” Once they’d walked passed the girl that were upstairs, teasing a few of them with hugs along the way to take satisfaction in their screams of disgust, Zerori and Shen would be outside and taking their lesson to the wide open area just to the left of the bakery. Once there, Shen would begin to explain the technique. While sitting in the grass, legs in front of her as she leaned back onto her hands, Zerori listened carefully.

It didn’t seem like a difficult technique but it wasn’t at ALL something she’d ever done before. “It’s like an energy blast but a… beam thing? I’ve never seen that before except in guns. WAIT, is this like firing a gun?!” She already had an idea how she was going to use this technique.

Master Shen, on the other hand, was not amused. “Yes, BUT ALSO NO! Listen carefully-!” Zerori laughed, but listened quietly from that point on.