"I... took breaks, in a way. I'd read for leisure. Sometimes." That counts, correct? She tries to say it with enough conviction, to make it so. Mitsuru gives a quick breath out, to try and tug her focus back to the matter at hand. "And right now, I believe my focus should be on aiding your training and understanding. And you seem to have an understanding of the basics, due to your own studies and this... this friend of yours?"

Because she picked up something in that laugh. But... it's something revolving around emotions, which she doesn't want to delve into yet. She centers herself alongside him and mirrors the pose he's in.

"Care to start with the lunge? I believe perhaps... thirty repetitions to start with, to train the muscles may be in order." She'd prefer something closer to seventy, but one step at a time.