Okay, That Stung... [Open]

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Vivio wasn't in the best of moods.

That was probably an understatement right there - she was downright crappy. After her argument with Sherry, Vivio had retreated into the Sensoriums, mostly to work out her frustrations the best way she could - by training.

Bringing up a training room and setting herself up for practice, Vivio began by striking a punching bag, fists and feet flying as blow after blow connected. She could feel herself slow just a bit - Sherry's punch still stung. But, it was probably worse than that.

It's just that you're so stupid sometimes I can't stand to be around you!

Sherry hated her for a reason more than just being there. Vivio's reaction to that proved it, but she couldn't understand way.

Stupid...? Vivio mused to herself. H-How am I stupid? What have I done to make her think that?

As Sherry continued on, the words kept ringing through her head, kept calling her "stupid". Her face contorted in rage before, briefly, she took up her adult form and struck the bag hard enough to knock it off its chain before returning to normal.

"I'm not stupid! I'm not! You're the one who's stupid! You always will be!" Vivio shouted to no one in particular before slumping to her knees, sniffling as she did.

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Ed moved immediately to catch the smaller girl in his arms when she fell for the sweep. "And that..." He finished in a softer voice, "And that is why you feel so angry right now. You think you're right. She believes she's right and together you can't compromise on the subject because you two are literally night and day."

"Like me and Al. We're brothers, but we'd fight like this, and even if I was older, I never won. Even if you can't come to blows like this, this is the lesson that I'm giving you right now: People aren't going to want to listen to reason, and even if you feel like giving up on them is abandoning, sometimes it's the right thing to do, especially in a closed space like this. Because in the end, she will have to decide for herself if she ever wants to join the new kid-squad, considering all of her older friends are gone now."

He sighed. "You okay? I didn't hit too hard did I?"

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"I'm... I'm fine." Vivio said, getting up to her feet. Did she feel better? No, not really. She was still a bit worked up after it was all done and she still felt a bit bad, but... at least things were starting to come to.

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"No you're not," replied Ed with a chuckle as he helped her to a chair. Dang she hit hard for a kid. He wondered what would have happened if they had fought for real. "But you'll feel better later I swear. It just takes time for you to adjust to admitting everything."

"Really who raised you like this?" inquired Ed curiously as he got a couple of bottles of water for them. "Most kids aren't so single-mindedly determined to make friends."