"I'll have to make a point of it. It's not like I've got trouble with my schoolwork, I've just been sparring sometimes after school." She got away with not doing it every day, not like poor Eleven--but then again, he kinda needed the work, even in her mind. It was good for Hendrik to make him go through drills.

Even if El didn't enjoy it.

Isabel remembered those days, long ago though they were. "Yeah, I bet there's a lot I can do with this thing, though." She already could do a lot with her bracelet even without playing bala-inlota...hadn't she just proved it?