[In the past it had always been about being a teacher, but as over the last several months it had come to the point where Satsuki rather enjoys sparring with Ted.

Before, his steady growth was a necessity to further her plans. Nowadays it's something she enjoys observing on its own, which does little to help her current personal struggles, but something is better than nothing. She sets her blade within it's scabbard]

As you are now, that is highly unlikely. And I do; it is under the bench.

[Under it he could find a box taped right under the seat, familiar in shape as it is similar to the one he had received his uniform. While it doesn't feel as if there is anything inside, he would find open it to find a sash with a three star pin with red several red lines struck through them.]

Despite your inability to make your blade an extension of yourself at a level I would like, you continue to grow at levels beyond what I expected. That is not something I have witnessed before, but it deserves recognition.

Then again it could be said that to expect the norm of you would be foolish in itself.