happy days

Avantika didn't walk long before a woman approached her. This was... Briar, right? They'd fought once before in the Ashen tournament, a match Avantika had won. But that was quite a long time ago. Surely they'd both changed much since then. She wondered if Briar would be up for a spar, just to see. Avantika was in the mood for a fight. Something about the air that morning seemed to invite action. Or maybe that was just her own predictably volatile nerves.

"I've been well," she answered. "What's been up with you?" She knew that Briar and Art were dating, and it seemed she'd moved in. Avantika had no issue with that, but she figured it would be good to get to know her possible sister-in-law a bit better.

"Speech"