MAVERICK Χ VIRTUOSO

Well, it wasn't something she could get too caught up in. All she had to go off of was her own beliefs, after all. "You know, I don't think those Earth Saiyans are much older than I am," Serori murmured, "so I hope you're not calling me old by extension." Although if she thought about it seriously, she was older than her mother had been when she'd been born, not too much younger than she'd been when Serori had left. With how rough refugee life had been, if Serori was back on her home ship, she'd probably be considered some kind of authority, if not an outright elder.

still, it felt as though something was still stopping her from pushing to new heights. sure she had improved upon the powered up states she had access to, but the next stage escaped her grasp every time. no matter for now, she was stronger than ever before and only one more night remained in the chamber, it was time to relax before what came next.

" 's gonna be weird when we have ta leave here. I've definitely gotten used to bein' with ya every day." she exhaled softly, eyes entirely focused on Serori with a gentle smile on her face. she was probably never going to be quite so happy back home as she was right then.

Looking ahead, Serori lightly punched at the air, holding her fist out as she gathered energy, before shooting a blast off into the distance at nothing in particular. "I don't even think of 'Super Saiyan' and 'Super Saiyan two' as being distinct." After Grendine had worked his way inside her mind for over a year, she'd emerged out the other side with a boost in power, sure, but it didn't feel like an entire different thing. "To me, it's all just Super Saiyan, just at different levels of mastery."

" I think I getchya - ya sayin' ya want me to do my own thing instead of copyin' those old farts from the seventh, right? not holdin' m'self to some bullshit standard would be way easier to deal with. "

Caulifla grinned, and began to bounce on her heels again.

Squeezing her hand into a fist, relaxing it, and repeating, Serori felt her own energy pulse inside her. "But you've been getting stronger, yeah." Even devoting every day strictly to training, it was hard to make progress, but Caulifla had made more than Serori herself. Maybe some grand breakthrough was too much to hope for, but every bit of extra strength counted, especially when it concerned unknown enemies. The preliminary invitation alone had shown that there were all sorts of fighting styles that Serori had no idea how to deal with, so putting herself in the best position to adapt in the moment gave her the best chance.