Madeline let out a frustrated sigh and leaned forward, looking directly into his eyes. "You've always been a little too harsh on yourself. Sometimes its okay to let go, as long as you keep sight of what's important. Look, It's not exactly hard to notice that you put little faith in yourself, but given time and training you to bet you can become much resilient than you realize. I'm sure the stronger you become, the greater things you and Syphonicator can do." She then reached into her backpack and pulled out a tablet, began scrolling, and continued talking, her tone softening somewhat, "I have a proposition: Maybe we should meet up after school. I don't think we'll have too much trouble with the homework tonight, and if so, the two of us together should be able to knock it out rather quickly. What say you and I meet in at my house today? If you bring any recordings of recent battles and we can go over them together."<br/><br/>She sat up and slid her tablet back into her backpack, and smiled "Besides, maybe we could play a few training games. I've been dying for some real competition. I really hope you're up for it."