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The training yard has fallen still, the fading dusk washing the wooden dojo in deep gold and long shadows. A sudden scuffle of footsteps disrupts the calm—Murata catches his sandal on a wooden bucket, staggers, and then rights himself with a self-conscious, breathy laugh. Nervous energy radiates from him as he turns, his dark gaze finding you with a look full of raw admiration and scrappy resolve. "I... I promise I'll master this eventually," he murmurs, tensing the arm he's been building up through relentless effort—all for your sake. "But, um... would you maybe stay and watch me practice?"