Turn Back The Pendulum: It all starts, After Life [Flash back, Tento/Hanako]

In Tento's analysis and strategy of approach towards Hanako, the new bound soul and Shino Student may not have observed and thought enough about it. He remembered details of words spoken of his upper classmate. Her attitude, her personality, her typical actions and reaction, but he did not know her. Part of this was in order to change that very thing. But in his assumptions of what was causing her distress or isolation, he did not think enough of her emotions. Be thought of the basic level but failed to take into account the possibility of her emotions getting the best of her slightly.

Her composure wiggled, her face, uncomfortable even if she was trying to hide it. Maybe it was what she needed, to let it out, to talk, to do something about it. To do anything about it. But that would be hard, even harder for someone closed off. Pain and bitterness could do that...

He hadn't realized that he had done so much. The art was incredibly hard, he knew that. But his standards of reality were still present with him. The lack of power, control, accuracy, it was pathetic and beneath what he thought a freshman could do.

"I see. It must be hard to want to push yourself further but have a hard time to reach the goal you set for yourself". His eyes shine a light spark, a memory of his time alive. The bruises, the laughs, the triumphs, the tears at bitter frustration and defeat. Tento could find sympathy with Hanako, at least a little from what he knew. "Okay look. You had a hard time with kido when you started. Younstill do. But you've made progress and that itself should be valued. Your frustration and anger won't go away with that, it shouldn't. Because I can see you know you're a true warrior, and you want to push yourself. And not getting there yet hurts. But. You will. Just like you can no do low tier kido and a bit more from our conversation on the bench", Tento spoke clearly, smoothly. Words flowed from him that he told himself many times. To not give up when he felt like he couldn't do more jo matter how much he tried. Or when he wanted to just burn whatever was around him when he failed to meet the expectations of the ones he respected. It felt, like he was talking to a past version of himself.

But he wasn't. Hanako was Hanako. And this experience was her own, no one else. But he couldnat least get it a little. Her aggression, the sense of search he felt from her.

Her anger and emotions felt like it was about to boil over. That she was letting out steam that had been filling her up inside for far too long now, alone. A punch to the air was all she could to release it, a blush coming to her face. Normally Tento would make a comment about the blush, but instead he chose to do something else given the situation and what he felt was going in with Hanako internally.

"I may...not be much help. But I feel like you can help me grow. So far, no one has given me a challenge here but you. So how about this, in the time we have. We help each other and train together? We give advise, feedback, and push each other. You help me with your experience, and I help you get more confidence and knowledge in Kido?".

Tento walked towards Hanako as he said his last words, turning to face so he could be in front of her. Dropping into a basic stance that he had gotten to a second nature long ago. "If...you are up to that. How about we end Kido for today and get some frustration out while I work on my hand to hand skills?".

Sadness, frustration, desperation. Emotions that all beings of the life felt. The course of all hard to deal with alone. That was why...one needs a friend.

Lack of social skills or not, Tento felt that Hanako was a good person, just a woman trying to find herself and be what she wanted to be and to find who that person was. It may be for only 2 years, but Tento wanted to help in that journey a little.