Sparring with Ayo isn't getting easier, exactly, but she's definitely getting better. Her conditioning is up, her reflexes are faster, and she'd managed to get in a few solid hits of her own, this time around. Thanks to Ayo, thanks to Bucky, she's almost back at the top of her game.

She's been enjoying, too, practicing archery. Almost every day, she's found time to take the light hunting bow she'd found and practice in Bucky's makeshift gym, Elrond's quiet, steady words in her ears. She's improving at that, too, though more slowly.

So she's pleased as she comes back to the hut by the lake, her hair tied up in a ponytail, already thinking about a swim and a shower as she opens the door. "Bucky? I'm back."