"...This seems to be anything but a normal situation." And it may be testament to how rattled Mitsuru remains by everything going on, that she voices that thought out loud instead of keeping it in her own head. But she manages to raise her eyes back up, after they drop down on their own for a brief instant.

"But in that case, what do you remember of swordplay?" Because in a situation such as this, it doesn't pay to write anyone off; even if she still has to wonder over how blithe they might be. There's also the consideration he gives her, for when she speaks. It does something to raise him in her eyes.

...And. There's the memories gnawing at her own head. False ones, she has to tell herself again. And shoves them aside.