"True enough." Her laugh makes his smile only grow. He was always glad to see his comrades in arms laugh and smile, for peace is much better than war, and laughter shows peace, he thought.

"I know that now. Not too long ago, I thought I had become much better and stronger, and now I know I will be learning more until I die, I hope."

He nodded.

"Perhaps we could spar sometime, when you are free."