Her expression softened. "...I said that I did, for my master was always inventive and original in our duels, and he explained: 'That is why I am the Eight. Because to be the Eight is not to be the finest of all Stellar Dancers: to be the Eight is to be the finest teacher of the Stellar Dance. When I am gone and you have taught one of your students how to defeat you with consistency, then you too shall be the Eight.'"