It had been an . . . interesting conversation with Granny about his staying here after all that. Not an argument, not really, but . . . She was just worried about him. He understood that. Hell, it wasn't like he could blame her. But he'd convinced her to let him stay. Other than that, the only thing to do other than get his class schedule together would have been to sit around and brood.

He would take busying himself with work than thinking too hard about stasis, honestly.

"Why wouldn't I be?" Just keeping on with the grump as ever as he passed through the door. "Starting with the basic to get myself back in shape. If I get too good for it, Toph's going to see about making me a spotter for the stuff she can't catch the rest of the semester."

There wasn't much getting around mentioning her name when talking about combat classes. There you go, Shindou. That blind girl who was about the ages of the both of you was now an adult teaching combat classes.