Avan can, of course, peel an entire potato in a single long ribbon. Popp can, of course, absolutely not.
The mention of Earth Slash gets Popp an aggrieved sigh as Avan's shoulders slump. "You know I can't do that, Popp, we tried." Which is, frustratingly, true! Even sneaking out to practice on his own in the early hours of the morning before Popp's awake, Avan still hasn't managed to figure out the trick to the technique. All he has to do is get so exhausted that he stops thinking about how to do it and let his body figure out how to move the right way on its own, allegedly. Like that's easy! Does Popp not understand how much energy Avan always has? Does he not understand how much he thinks??? He'd wonder how his future self ever managed to invent the technique in the first place if he didn't already know the answer was "mortal peril."
He would rather not have to resort to mortal peril.
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The mention of Earth Slash gets Popp an aggrieved sigh as Avan's shoulders slump. "You know I can't do that, Popp, we tried." Which is, frustratingly, true! Even sneaking out to practice on his own in the early hours of the morning before Popp's awake, Avan still hasn't managed to figure out the trick to the technique. All he has to do is get so exhausted that he stops thinking about how to do it and let his body figure out how to move the right way on its own, allegedly. Like that's easy! Does Popp not understand how much energy Avan always has? Does he not understand how much he thinks??? He'd wonder how his future self ever managed to invent the technique in the first place if he didn't already know the answer was "mortal peril."
He would rather not have to resort to mortal peril.