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You were going to take pictures!?

I was thinking about it.

Wh-what for?

[Bad things happen when girls have weird pictures of him, okay.]

Oh, I don't know.

But if that girlfriend of yours ever shows up, I'm sure she'd have ideas.

[.......

THOSE ARE SOME HIGH STAKES FOR THIS BET]

You wouldn't.

[She manages to hold a straight face for just a few seconds, before it finally cracks, and she starts giggling.]

No, I wouldn't, but your face was priceless.

[YOU

ARE A BAD PERSON]

I thought I was gonna have a heart attack.

[Her best friend growing up was a cat, Kirito. Did you not think she was going to be at least a little bit of a jerk?]

I'm sure Cure could fix that if you did.

[Honestly he should be used to girls one-upping him by now, it's like a daily occurrence back home.]

Maybe, but it doesn't sound much fun. ...Can we add "no pictures" to the bet as a side rule?

I guess I've got no choice.

[... she sounds not at all displeased. In fact, she sounds positively happy about that.]

[This may backfire if he wins the bet, but he feels like he dodged a bullet regardless.]

Want to go back there once we finish? You didn't get your shoes.

I don't mind, but... Are you sure you want to come with me? You didn't seem to like the place much.

It's... not that I didn't like it. I just don't know much about shoes. The most I ever buy is sneakers.

I'm glad to have helped there.

[cute combat boots are helping.]

[Hey, they have good stats. Totally helping.]

Maybe someday I'll actually manage to return the favour. It just won't be shoe-related.

If you can find me a better staff than the one I have, we'll call the favor returned and then some.

My experience with magic is so lacking, I'm not sure I'd recognize a good staff if I saw one... but if I find any, I'll let you know.

At this point, I'll take a staff good for hitting people as well. This staff is barely good for smacking someone or magic.

Hey, if there's one thing I'm good for, it's finding stuff that's good for hitting people with.

[kirito no that is not a quality life skill]

[... i mean, when you're talking to an RPG, yes it is.

She's pulling her staff out of thin air, as one does, It's... wood, with one and branching out into practically a cloud of little twig-sized... well, branches.]

You seem to be better at it than me. Or at least less desperate.

[He can't help staring for a moment, though he shakes it off faster than the first time. It's still so cool that she can just. Do that.]

Do you think a metal staff would be too heavy for you to wield properly?

[She has to consider for a moment.]

As long as it's not lead, I should be able to manage. The problem with that is that, unless you soak it in mana for a long time- like, on the order of years- metal is generally an incredibly poor conductor for magic. There are specific types of metal that that's not true for, but those are too rare and precious to make a staff from anyway.

Except for my grandpa, but I've never been able to figure out the theory behind his spellblade bullshit anyway. A metal sword should not be able to do that.

Huh... I wonder if that's why Asuna's best wand is a tree branch.

[Mages are such mysterious creatures.

BUT ALSO-]

Spellblade? He can cast magic with his sword?

Unless it's some sort of amazing, special tree, that's not going to be a great staff, but... Better than metal.

Yeah. He can cast spells through the sword and deal magic and elemental damage with his physical attacks.

It was made from wood of the World Tree, so... I'd say it was pretty special, yeah.

But that sounds awesome! I wonder how it works.

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