"Alright, I'll stick to the parking lot."

She takes off the parking brake, backs out of the stall, and does a couple slow loops.

"Not too hard, right? Different cars handle differently. You can turn a bit sharper than that, or the same radius at a bit higher speed- And maybe try parking a couple of times."

"Yeah."

She messes up her first time trying to park, backs up, tries again. A little growl slips out of her mouth.

She's silent for the parking attempts unless Anna does something blatantly wrong.

Anna seems to have it in hand. 

"Alright," she says once she parks the vehicle. "You drive us back?"

"Sure. And then we can book lessons someplace close to your house, if only to get road experience."

"Alright!"

Aya does the do-si-do required to swap seats. 

"So how's your training going?"

"I can only assume 'very well', because I'm doing the hundred-days foundation building about as fast as someone who was described as pretty talented. It doesn't really feel like it because I didn't grow up with context, though. One hundred two, day twenty one."

"Damn. Nice. What foundation building technique were you using again?"

"It's called Canadian Fist - Senior Starlight's invention, or collaboration maybe. I'm a guinea pig, but - nothing's free, is it?"

"No, not really. Good luck with that."

Nodnod.

"And good luck finding - whatever it is you want next."

She turns. Keeps driving back.

Maybe she should ask to spar? No, that seems... Potentially unsafe, without Starlight around to dial things down.

What was she expecting to get out of this, anyway? Oh well. At least Anna is acting more like a friendly acquaintance than a standoffish one.

She stops the car in the driveway and gets out. "Let's find a driving instructor on Google, then I need to rest up. I can drive you to the office for the tests some other day."

"Works for me. Thank you again, I don't recall if I thanked you earlier."

She looks down in her lap. "I'm not sure I want to keep going with the cultivation, honestly. There's two more tribulations between me and a fully human body. I... it's hard to decide to risk it, you know? Especially if I can pass."

"You're welcome. I needed something to do today. Not sure why this, but. Here I am. I'm - well aware that different people want different things. There are definitely things that would make me decide to stop cultivating for all that I feel like I never will right now. Are you, uh, Battle Queen, then? I don't know this stuff, I can't tell. But also - people are not their best selves when they're terrified and stressed and hurt. I feel hypocritical saying so considering I'm younger but, you might feel different if you come to feel a little safer?"

"Yeah, Battle Queen. Stuck halfway through. And yeah, maybe. Or maybe I'd go the other direction and stay safe on my own. I've got a couple centuries to use already, no need to be in a rush."

"Mm... I was wasting my time before. Now I want forever. For everyone, if that's even possible." Sigh. "Let's head in."

"They say the strongest cultivators are working on that project. Not sure I believe it."

She smiles. "This was fun. See you around?"

"Mortals are working on it. Trying things on mice and stuff. And yeah, maybe. Want to book a driving instructor yourself I guess?"

"Yeah, I'll do that." 

She takes off her hat and smiles. With her fox ears behind it, it's pretty cute.

It is pretty cute. Not that Trys is going to say/do anything about it. She smiles back, though, before heading back to the other house. And then just... Around for the rest of the day, relaxing.

Late in the afternoon Cocoa asks if she still wants to go sailing.

"Yeah, we can do that. Weather's nice and there's definitely gonna be places that'll rent a small boat at slightly ridiculous prices, for tourists. Just a quick jaunt, an hour or two?"

"Yeah, I just want to try it out. Silver Starlight goes on about 'breadth'."

"Cool! I'm looking up places now! The first thing to know about sailing is safety stuff, wear a life preserver obviously, and..."

She is Enthusiastic about this topic and will talk about it a lot!!

Cocoa suffers it good-naturedly.