Training? Play Time!
Hello, Captain. Good morning.
Petra and Marcille said greetings are important.
You're late. Did something happen?
Ants.
...Ants?
Mm. Ants! Crawling all over the ground.
One was carrying a piece of bread bigger than its body. Mm.
...That's impressive!
Mm. Super impressive.
Wanna go see? It's probably still there.
...Training comes first?
Right. I'm supposed to start training with you today.
If I pass the Journey, I get incentives. And Marcille will be happy.
I'm going to pass the Journey for sure.
Then let's get started!
And training began, but...
...Block with a shield? Why?
Can't I just block with my hands?
The glass bottle broke.
Got another one?
Run...? All of a sudden?
Why?
Tanya just couldn't stay focused on training.
My usual training methods weren't working, so I was brainstorming some new ideas when...
...Flap, flap.
Captain, look! A butterfly's flying over there...!
I'll catch it!
Tanya took off after the butterfly with incredible speed.
It might be...?
...a game?
That's right!
Watching her chase the butterfly, I realized it wasn't that Tanya lacked focus.
The problem was that the training didn't catch her interest.
But what if it was a game, not training? Then maybe I could draw out her focus...
First one to that spot wins!
Ready, go!
Ah...! That's cheating...!
But still...!
*Huff* *Huff*
...I win.
I beat the Captain!
This is it...!
Huh...?
Anyway, Captain. What's the next game?
After that, our training, disguised as a game, continued and Tanya put up incredible results!
I win again!
What's next, Captain? What's the next game?
H-how about we rest a little...?
...Rest?
Are the games over?
Okay. Let's play again next time. But...
After all that playing... I'm sleepy...
Tanya walked over to the punch machine and yanked out the mitt.
She tore it off with her bare hands?!
...Nighty-night, Captain.
Zzz...
As I watched Tanya fall asleep using the mitt as a pillow, I went over what I'd learned.
Now that I knew what worked for her, I needed to adjust how I guided her from now on.
The sun felt warmer and more pleasant than usual that day.