For a long moment, Saori is silent, visibly shaken by the memory she'd called up. It had been worse than she'd expected, seeing Yuuna's reaction, and seeing the boy like that again...and she feels more than a little foolish.

And she's thinking too. It's not an empty promise, not entirely. The whole point of waking her lover up early today was to show her just how necessary training was. Growth, and becoming a more capable fighter were important. Yuuna saw that now, hopefully.

Still trembling herself, Saori shuts her eyes and leans into the hug, exhaling long, slow breaths. This is the woman she's chosen to spend her life with. The woman she loved, the woman she'd willingly die to save. It was upsetting, being in this place...but up till now she hadn't thought how upsetting it was to have Yuuna here. And equally upsetting was the knowledge that she couldn't have made it much longer on her own. She needed Yuuna to help protect her in heart and mind as much as Yuuna might need her.

"This is going to be...daily. We'll have to work at this. Become harder...be-become stronger. The Third Party...the Dream Shifters...t-they've done awful t-things and they have such t-terrible power."