[He frowns at that, turning to Linda. Really, the second thing is what they have been doing, just because of wanting to compensate for her current weakness. Linda can't stand being weak and in the short term, it was their only solution, particularly with any lack of a mentor. Or well... a mentor that he liked, anyway.

The two of them have a long conversation of eye movements and little gestures and facial expressions, before finally the both start to say something vocally, cut each other off, and sigh. Masaomi glances back at Cilan and-]

We've been dong your second option, for a while now. Linda's very proud of her strength, and we had to give her strength that he electricity wasn't giving her. But... I don't want to deny her that birthright of hers, either.

[Linda crosses her arms. She agrees, but with reservations. She's still stuck on this revelation that it might be Masaomi's fault]