[She laughs aloud and does her best to stay ahead of him. It's been a long time since she's had to climb 200+ flights of stairs and fight Shadows in Tartarus, but after the fight in the desert, she has been running most mornings on the beach to try to get her endurance back up again. Plus, she has Rio's old training guide to follow, so-! At least at the start, she won't go easy on him.]
If you beat me there, maybe I'll give you a special present for your birth~day~ [she calls back over her shoulder, grinning all the while. If the tone shift seems weird, it certainly doesn't seem to affect her. Really, it's kind of normal in her experience-! (Which probably means it's weird.)]
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If you beat me there, maybe I'll give you a special present for your birth~day~ [she calls back over her shoulder, grinning all the while. If the tone shift seems weird, it certainly doesn't seem to affect her. Really, it's kind of normal in her experience-! (Which probably means it's weird.)]