A deep breath was exhaled as Azai struck his fingers upon one the rope tearing it. Yet it was still frustrating that his progress was slow comparing to when he was training with his master an brother, his fighting styles was not advancing even though he had learned and mastered various styles, but his master wasn't here to teach him more. His physical capabilities were advancing in a good pace, but it didn't help him with his Monochrome control, it seemed like his master was right about training his mind to control it, but that was a training that takes many years, and his was only in the first steps of that road.
Azai was lost in thought when Luka came to him and sat infront of him panting after a long chase after a butterfly, looking rather stuiped but he only wanted the love and approval of Azai, so he kneel down to him and Luka approched to lick the sweat of Azai's face and ears, it was one of his favorite indulge, so Azai tackled him off guard and played their fight game a bit before he continues his second part of his training, the part where he tells Luka to go play away so he doesn't get hurt. It was mediating while he activates his Monochrome and try to control its radius and the intensity of the decaying power and try to get more control over what it effects, he used to try it on the force shield to see if it can affect it. It shocked Azai that even after using 99% of the power on the shield seemed to have almost no effect, he had a theory that if activates the White Wall, it would destroy it, but the risk was too high becuase the last time he did he wasn't able to withstand it and was able to stop it at the last second before he himself decayed, and left him unconscious for several days, and it also didn't give the full power of the abilty.
Azai finished his play with Luka and gave him the order to play away from him, while he sat near the lake meditating and activated his power... Luka went for a walk by the edge of the lake, he stopped to drink from the water and saw his reflection. Luka had a funny habit of watching his reflection and getting surprised by it he used to stare at his black mask that stretched from his ears to cover his light brown eyes and ending just at the beginning of his nose bridge, and then turn his head to his black spots covering his white fur on his back, there was something rather remarkable about those spots that they were half brown on the beginning and half black at the end. And then he would chase his long furred curved tail, only to end up walking again feeling fabulous, and being confident about it. It was one of the things that made Azai just watch him to burst out laughing in the end. Luka went to continue his walk and saw some people arriving at the lake, so he sat nearby but just not too close bored so he watched them having their human time and it made him wonder a lot...