[At first, she worries a little that maybe she offended him either because he didn't understand it was a joke and she pricked at his pride. Or maybe he really didn't like the idea of having to work that hard to learn, which seemed contradictory to what he was willing to offer her in the first place. But then he smiles and Yona sighs imperceptibly in relief. She does, however, crinkle her nose.]
It's hard to do that many at first! I could barely shoot five in a row when I started to learn! My arms would get really sore and my hands got blisters after a while!
[Saying things like that... It feels a little bit like who she used to be and who she is now. On the one hand, Princess Yona always was quick to complain about even the slightest inconvenience and would huff if others gave her a hard time for struggling to learn something. But on the other, she never would have pushed herself as hard as she did to learn as much and as quickly as she had. The first sign of a sore muscle let alone a blister would have led her to stop immediately. But it's the next thing that feels the most like the marriage of the princess she was and the person she is now.]
But I practiced every night and now I bet I could do more than 200 if I wanted.
[It's that pride in who she is, even if it feels like she's a completely different person and the pride comes from a different place. At its core, it's still the same thing.]
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It's hard to do that many at first! I could barely shoot five in a row when I started to learn! My arms would get really sore and my hands got blisters after a while!
[Saying things like that... It feels a little bit like who she used to be and who she is now. On the one hand, Princess Yona always was quick to complain about even the slightest inconvenience and would huff if others gave her a hard time for struggling to learn something. But on the other, she never would have pushed herself as hard as she did to learn as much and as quickly as she had. The first sign of a sore muscle let alone a blister would have led her to stop immediately. But it's the next thing that feels the most like the marriage of the princess she was and the person she is now.]
But I practiced every night and now I bet I could do more than 200 if I wanted.
[It's that pride in who she is, even if it feels like she's a completely different person and the pride comes from a different place. At its core, it's still the same thing.]