The narrative could see no way that this could go horribly awry at all!

"Err..." One of the bright spots of ending training was that it meant that Julius never had to pick up a weapon again. But this was his roommate and he'd already sort of insulted her with his reluctance to have a roommate in the first place and it was unlikely that she'd be as bad to spar against as any of his siblings, sooo... "I mean, if you want to?" he said. "I'm not sure how much help I'll be since you're more skilled than I am, but if you don't mind that?"

Oh, Julius.