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_{[ Yogi was home, dressed down in sweat pants and a t-shirt, though one
leg was rolled up, a cooling pad wrapped around his knee. He opened the
door and beamed at Li-Na, waving even as he stepped back to let her in.
]}

Hi~! Come on in. Would you like some tea or something? I'd offer coffee, but my coffee maker is still broke.

Tea is fine, thank you.

[Li-Na leaves her shoes by the door]

Do you do sports?

[she wrapped her knees like that more than a few times]

Tea, got it! Um, let me go see what kind I have. Sleepy Time probably isn't the best.

_{[ He laughed a bit as he went to his kitchen to see what he had in his
little stock and put some water on to heat. ]}

Hmm? Oh, yeah, I do. I'm on the gymnastics team at the University. You said you dance, right?

[Li-Na follows after him, bag of damaged uniforms dangling from her finger tips]

Yes, I am taking lessons at Dancerate right now. I am still waiting to hear if I was accepted to RU though.

[because it's just the beginning of March, and universities like to make high school students suffer]

But gymnastics, wow! I would like to see that sometime!

You seem like a smart young lady. If I made it in, you definitely will!

_{[ He would be the first to admit he wasn't always the sharpest crayon,
at least in certain subjects. Look, math was not his precise strong suit,
okay? ]}

You're welcome to come and watch practice, or if there's a meet you can come too if you like. Or I could do the splits for you.

_{[ He held up two packets of tea. ]}

This is what I have that won't put us both to sleep. Do you have a preference?

No preference, thank you.

[she grins at his suggestion of doing the splits, but won't ask him to demonstrate with his knee getting iced]

I would like to watch a practice, if that is okay. Some of the memories I am getting of past-me, I think she has some gymnastic-style training.

Oh, well, you're welcome to come any time. And if you haven't already, I can give you a tour of the campus too.

_{[ He poured the water, put the packs in, coming around and holding
them out for her to select one. ]}

I can't promise it will be all that exciting, though.

[Li-Na takes the green tea]

I have only seen the area around the arts college. I would appreciate a tour of the rest of campus.

[so she does not get horrifically lost looking for a math or english class]

Well then I would be happy to give you one!

_{[ He beamed, plopping himself down on the floor and stretching out his
leg being iced. ]}

But I guess first we should see to your clothing, right?

I do not know how much can be done for the first one...

[Li-Na sits down as well and pulls out the first uniform. It is a skirt and jacket combo. There are claw marks on the stomach (and maybe a little blood??? Li-Na tried to wash any blood out, but it's a little hard when things are torn...), a few tears on the skirt, a long tear on the right sleeve, and several small tears all over the back (like she'd come in contact with something rough and dragged her back along it). And then there are the scorch marks and the fact the collar has been half ripped away...]

_{[ Yogi takes the uniform, paling a bit when he sees what sort of markings are on it. Goodness, she hadn't been kidding about fighting monsters.. And blood? Oh dear. He glanced Li-Na worried for a beat, as if concerned she was not okay as she appeared, but said nothing as he laid the pieces out flat to consider them.

Okay. This was... pretty bad. ]}

This is... you really put this through a workout, huh?

_{[ He pokes at the fabric of the jacket. This was probably salvageable if he could find material to patch it with. ]}

Is this a special material or will a similar material of black do?

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[Li-Na gives a slightly embarrassed laugh]

I did... yes...

[she does not elaborate as to the nature of the workout, because honestly the evidence more than speaks for itself]

As far as I know, there is nothing particularly special about the fabric? So as long as it is similar, I will be happy.

_{[ He nodded, sure he could patch the jacket. The skirt too, though
finding the right fabric would be a little more difficult. He might need to
make a trip to his work and see what they had. ]}

I'll need probably find some supplemental fabric for both. I want to make sure the fabric feels the same and I get the colors as close as possible so you can't see the patch as easily.

_{[ He examined the edges of the rips. ]}

I'll probably have to clean these edges. That will make the patching less legible too.

Do what you think is best. I can sew a button on or fix a small hole, but this...

[IS WAY BEYOND HER

wait 'til you see the other one....]

Oh, and there is no hurry. You probably have exams to worry about.

It's all right. My exams are basically big projects at this point, which I'm working on. I'm comfortable with the pace, so this will be a nice break from that project. It's good to get your mind off what you're working on now and then. Refreshes your brain, you know?

[Li-Na gives an understanding nod. She gets what Yogi means. Sometimes going over the same footwork over and over and over could be tiring. Putting on some different music and just... dancing naturally would do wonders for her focus.]

Yes. Sometimes you just need to do something else for a little while. Something you choose for yourself and is not assigned to you.

Yeah exactly!

_{[ He got up and bustled into his work room - really a second bedroom
he had converted into a work room, and came back out with a black fabric.
He sat back down in front of Li-Na and slid the fabric beneath the skirt
and held it up to her. ]}

Look like a nice match to you?

[While Yogi fetched the fabric sample, Li-Na enjoyed her tea.

Once he came back and compared the two, she nods.]

Yes, that looks good! I can barely tell the difference.

_{[ He beamed, glad that she approved, and went back in to get some
thread, scissors and a needle. A patch like this wouldn't work well through
his machine, so a hand sew it was. He could work around the edges of the
tear much better. ]}

Did you ever get your tour of the university? I thought you had mentioned wanting one.

_{[ He settled on the group, opening the skirt and holding up the
tattered area, taking the scissors and 'cleaning' the edges. ]}

[Li-Na leans in a little so she can watch what Yogi is doing]

Oh, not yet. I am going to wait until I know I am accepted.

[no sense in checking out the campus properly if she doesn't get it]

_{[ He works quickly and efficiently, bringing the skirt up to check the
edges and satisfied they were smooth enough he took some of the replacement
cloth and settled it up behind, double checking the color. ]}

Don't want to jinx it, huh?

Jinx? What does that mean?

[random English word she's never learned]

Hmm? Oh, it's like - because you said something about it, or wanting something to happen, now it won't happen. Like cursing it, I guess?

Ahhhhhhhh. Yes. That is right.

[Li-Na nods]

I do not want to 'jinx' it. That would be bad.

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