Yuki did his best to preserve his enthusiasm as the puppet came his way.  Kumo was something he was used to seeing sent at enemies.  After dodging the first two swings, though, he started to get his groove.  He even was smiling until the sixth blow set his arm to tingling.  He nearly fell when the second one hit him, though.  Those blows left him hurting nearly as much as that tree did!<br/><br/>"I'd imagine someone weaker than me would have had to substitute out of the way pretty fast, Makoto-chan, but that's probably something you should save for a damned hard fight." He didn't want to say out loud 'that's one hell of a weakness, that power limit', but he meant to imply it.  Someone watching them probably already got the gist.  He bowed back, smiling.  "Thank you for testing my guard."<br/><br/>Then, he approached his teammate and spoke softly, "by the by, something I need you to pass on to Kotone when you see her: someone reputable told me swimming is a part of the exams or might be a part of it somehow.  There's plenty of things that might surprise us out there, but I don't want that being one."<br/><br/>With that, he backed off a bit.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">I just forgot to change it because of the stupid login required to edit a sheet.  It's about the same level of damage anyway.</div></div>