Zouichi bowed slightly. "My apologies. As I'm sure you know, I cannot engage in sparring matches with most of the crew... and I'm afraid I became a little carried away at the possibility of a match with an opponent of her caliber."

So they were from different Craftworlds, but they still referred to each other as kin. Interesting.

"For what it's worth," he said, to Alendian in particular this time, "I share that sentiment."