She put her observations within the framework of her own experiences.
Ranma was walking atop the fence, and from what little she'd seen - he seemed to orient towards high ground when possible. The reasons for doing so were quite clear to her - with the elevation came a superior line of sight to potential dangers and targets. The downside of which was that potential threats had an easier time spotting Ranma. Conclusion: Ranma expected threats and was sufficiently confident in his own abilities that he discounted danger to himself in such encounters.
That he was able to walk along such a narrow path, and able to hop/flip from ground to wall and back when such paths were necessarily abandoned, also told Rei a few things about her erstwhile boyfriend. He almost seemed weightless at the time he was making such leaps. Which was certainly odd enough for consideration. Was he using an AT field projection?
"Round One - FIGHT!"
Rei blinked as Ranma paused, looking towards the sound of that voice. It was merely the game arcade located a block away from the school. Rei had known of its presence but had not travelled along this path particularly often, and such activities had never demonstrated a particular appeal to her.
Rei considered the arcade herself. Was this not something that couples did? Schoolmates often came to such places, but she had initially discounted potential combat training via the simulations within. Now she was unsure. Were such things of actual value?
Ranma himself had merely hopped down and regarded the screen of the one placed upon the sidewalk at the door. Some odd detail had caught his attention?
"SHIRYU SHOTEN HA!" said one of the characters in the game, again drawing a slight reaction from Ranma.
"Pfeh," said Ranma, reacting to Rei's presence and making a gesture to the game. "They got that move all wrong."
Rei blinked and observed the game further. Ranma was indicating that the manuever of the digital character was something real? "How could that be real?"
"Oh, that's just a chi blast," said Ranma, walking away from the machine. "No big deal."
Rei frowned ever so slightly. What was the appropriate response to such a statement for a potential girlfriend to make? Was he indicating that the game's unrealistic portrayal of melee combat had some basis in reality? Perhaps an indication of admiration layered with skepticism? "That would be 'cool' to see."
Ranma merely glanced back and seemed to go off into some thought.
Rei increased her stride slightly to catch back up. Her response obviously wasn't sufficient. Then again, what about the fires in her apartment? He had done something there.
"I would like to see you do that," tried Rei.
Again Ranma glanced back at her, his expression indicating some inner turmoil. Finally he put a hand out, palm forward, and pointed it at a trash can.
WHUNG!
Rei stopped as she came next to the trash can. She'd observed at least three feet of distance between Ranma's hand and the trash can. Yet now the metal pipe that served as the lip of the trash can was now bent inward as if hit by a hammer.
"You're so cool, Ranma-kun," tried Rei, remembering odd details she'd seen in those videos. Praise of this sort seemed common within such relationships.
"Uh, yeah," said Ranma, who wasn't averse to praise but also knew this was NOT what he had expected from Rei.
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