Sometime later, the group had finished up their training and now, they were just a few streets down from the Spirit Gardens District, hang found public baths that they were using to wash the sweat off their bodies.
Of course, since most people were currently either leaving the city or already in hiding, they were the only ones here.
"You picked up the lessons rather quickly," Yumi remarked, from Kaori's left. "A few more hours and you'll be right back to where you were when we first met."
"You think so?" Kaori asked. Currently, she and Yumi were sitting at the back of the bath, opposite Keiko, Ash, and Sinneah. Kaori had been sitting here by her lonesome, at first, before Yumi had come to join her.
"Yes," the woman nodded with a smile, as Kaori let her back rest against the wooden walls. "Actually, you're all quite gifted. I'm almost jealous. It took me years to make even a little bit of progress."
