You can't really be terrible at anything as long as you try your best.
[After all, everyone started at the bottom, didn't they? He hadn't been born naturally good at defending, just as Atsuya hadn't been born the perfect forward. They'd each had to work hard to become the finely tuned athletic machines they were, just as Shirou'd had to work to assume the role Atsuya had left behind after he'd...]
Anyway, I used to be captain for my school team, so I can teach you if you want.
[He pauses a moment, enthusiasm sobering as her words sink in, and he wonders what she means. Weren't they fairly close when they'd gone to the cafe at the festival? Or maybe she was referring to her real self. Was she some kind of a convict who'd been in prison before? There's really no polite way to ask that, so he simply goes with...]
We'll start slow. It's not fun to fall on your face.
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You can't really be terrible at anything as long as you try your best.
[After all, everyone started at the bottom, didn't they? He hadn't been born naturally good at defending, just as Atsuya hadn't been born the perfect forward. They'd each had to work hard to become the finely tuned athletic machines they were, just as Shirou'd had to work to assume the role Atsuya had left behind after he'd...]
Anyway, I used to be captain for my school team, so I can teach you if you want.
[He pauses a moment, enthusiasm sobering as her words sink in, and he wonders what she means. Weren't they fairly close when they'd gone to the cafe at the festival? Or maybe she was referring to her real self. Was she some kind of a convict who'd been in prison before? There's really no polite way to ask that, so he simply goes with...]
We'll start slow. It's not fun to fall on your face.