Good Job Out There, Chap [Lil, Edelo]

What a match. He was still reeling from it just a little, frankly. Having been taken care of in the med bay of the arena, he still we rather sore as he made his way out of the facility itself and into the open air. Honestly it got HOT down there! The med bay itself was nice and cooled, for sterile purposes. But he'd taken a little nap in the locker room and wound up sweating his ass off. Thank goodness he had a sports drink in his locket. Now outside, he took a nice slow drink and sighed, stopping off to the side and tilting his head back. Most of his little...outfit was back inside. Yea, the crowd definitely had seemed a little intrigued as to his fancy cape. But well...once he'd gotten to the climax of the matches, the reason had become quite apparent.

He couldn't help but smile just a little to himself. Thinking back to the looks on his opponents faces when that cape had been hardened into a blade edge by his fullbring. Nothing quite like a moment like that. The crowd had loved it as well. He was so caught up in thinking back, wondering how he'd even managed to do as well as he did, that he didn't even notice the blonde woman until she spoke up. Spooking him just a little. He blinked a few times before his gaze fell to her. Thankfully, he was too wiped out to go accidentally using his powers. Thank god for that. Still, he was surprised at the compliment.

He swallowed the mouthful of sports drink he had and cleared his throat, offering a sheepish smile. "Oh, thank you. It's Edelo. And I'm glad you enjoyed my performance." He offered, his voice not quite as well practiced. He was still a little shaky. That practical OCEAN of people had been a lot to take in.

Edelo blinked, surprise clearly written across his face as the rather casually dressed woman revealed herself to be a sternritter. That was a little odd, a good number of the Vandenreich were out in uniform today. Hm, maybe she was just here to watch. Well, no matter. He still smiled. "A pleasure to meet you. And uh, yes actually..." He paused, and then his eyes lit up. "Ah, right! I remember working with you once or twice! Sorry I didn't recognize you, a little worn out from the fights." He noted with a sheepish chuckle, admonishing himself internally. He was awful with recognizing people, he was usually just minding his own business when he was volunteering. But thankfully she only kinda sorta seemed to have remembered him.

Still, he paused, looking around, before glancing up at the stadium. Sheesh, you really could still hear it from out here. "Ah, sure thing." He murmured, readily following her as she put a bit of distance between them and the stadium itself. She definitely seemed a little ....off. Not at all the soft, warm gal he'd seen when they were doing relief work. Guess you really couldn't tell with people. .,....Psh...HE was one to talk. People rarely suspected him of being so reclusive. Honestly it was kinda nice being out of the locker room. Much fewer people trying to talk to him.

"I guess we are on the rarer side of things. And ah...ahah..." For half a second, he almost fucking froze. His ability? Did she KNOW about his eyes? But wait... no. She was probably just talking about his kicks. He couldn't help but chuckle softly. "ahah, oh! Uhm... yea, I guess that move can kinda surprise people sometimes, not really something a lot of fullbringers go for. They seem to kinda go for...wizard stuff over adding things to what they can do with their hands." He admitted, staring straight ahead. Honestly it wasn't THAT big a deal was it? But then again, if they really had so few fullbringers, he supposed even a simple mixed fullbring/martial art move like that would seem pretty unique.He was careful to just call it a move. On one hand, he wasn't gonna just drop what his actual ability was outta nowhere. But well. His Mother hadn't raised a liar.

He paused, glancing over his shoulder at her and tilting his head. "Still. I guess I should consider that a compliment huh? As a sternritter you must see all sorts of moves."

Edelo nodded along as she played it off. Thankful that she wasn't bothered by his not remembering her. Though he DID raise a brow a bit at her calling herself not too memorably. He certainly knew that feeling.

"Oh. Well yea I guess the energy feels a little different. If you're sharp to that sort of thing." He admitted, rubbing the back of his neck. IT was so weird that that was a thing though. He didn't have any like..hollow in him. But his energy was just.... similar to theirs. It was strange. He took another small sip of his sports drink, but managed to swallow before she went and called him muscly. No spittakes this time, but he DID cough just a little and give a sheepish smile. "Ahah, I guess around here that is the look I have, yes? Honestly I'm just... how do you say.. uh. Country? Farm? A lot of physical labor." He admitted. Which, you know, killing hollows was a part of that.

Even so, he raised a brow. "I haven't really seen a lot of powers. Hollows... mostly. This ....... is the first time using my abilities against...something...someone....without fear for my life." He admitted, shaking his head a little. "It's different."

Edelo at least seemed to get a smile out of her, and that was at least a victory in his book. Smiling lightly before nodding along as she went into ....other ...enemies? HE wasn't actually sure what to make of all that, but he supposed there were certainly other things that cxould fuck you up. Though... frankly, sometimes Hollows could be pretty nasty. But ....well. He was pretty aware that had been his only experience. "Ahah, I think I understand. Fighting hollows, it is simple, usually." He murmured, pausing to look over his shoulder as she seemed to further stress about the situation.

It brought a smile to his face, not out of any ill will but a bit of ...solidarity that the girl seemed to have so much trouble around crowds, as much as him even. "Oh absolutely! If I hadn't been in a fight, I probably would be worn out from being up in the crowds too! It's nothing like I'm used to. So many ...PEOPLE. The noise, the faces." He shook his head. it was even worse for him when his power was acting up. It was hard to even know what he was looking at when it kicked in. "It's nice to know I'm not the only one." He admitted, offering her a friendly smile and then some of his sports drink. Briefly forgetting that was a big deal for city folk. Sigh..... so many weird rules.

He nodded, smiling just a little. "Most of the time. It depends I guess." He murmured. The hollows he remembered were simple, beasts. ...... Mostly. The others were the ones he preferred not to remember. As she declined a drink, he took another himself. Noticing that she definitely seemed a little jittery. Though, when she suddenly blurted that question out... he ...kinda looked off into the distance. "Ah.... well. I have I admit. I honestly didn't even expect to be picked for matches. But well. I guess I'm cut out for it. I came here with my mother, because we did not feel safe in our homes. We're grateful to have found someplace so secure. And I suppose it would be nice to help keep it that way. I guess I've just been trying to put a little....thought into it before I go making sudden decisions. I'm not used to ...the pace of things around here. I guess."

He glanced over his shoulder at the Arena, then looking at the road ahead of them. They were a fair distance away by now. The noise was almost gone, hopefully she'd be feeling better soon.