Reality vs Fantasy

The cobalt optimist was mentally prepared for her to evade his technique again, she would avoid it with grace making him look like a fool and counterattack. He will stubbornly chase after her and use the move again and risk becoming predictable, to his surprise none of that happened. Rhapsody was too distracted by the information dump she was told and is frantically worried about Russ's well-being.

He bit his bottom lip feeling guilty for making her feel this way, he has to choose his words carefully answering her questions, if he told her people CAN in fact die from expending an excessive amount of energy at once while pushing their bodies past their breaking point, she will lose her motivation to continue training and will never draw out her power. He can't let that happen. "What? No No No No! I'm fine..It's safe, using Ki doesn't shorten one's lifespan at all, we are always replenishing our energy so we can use it as many times as we want." Russ smiled sheepishly and waved his hands to clarify things and try to calm her down.

"If we DO run out of Ki, we will get tired and our breath is heavy until it's recharged. Think of it like running, when you run for a long time your heart will beat faster, and you breathe harder as your lungs go to work to maintain your oxygen. If you stop moving, your heartbeat and breathing will regulate back to normal. Depleting our ki will stimulate a similar feeling, otherwise it's pretty harmless." It was the best analogy he can think of and he purposely omitted the fatal information. Ultimately he wasn't lying, but he wasn't being one hundred percent honest with her either.

Russ descended back to the ground and cracked his knuckles and popping his neck. He looked at Rhapsody and grinned "Now that I gave you the rundown on my power, let's keep training. Don't think I'm gonna go easy on you just because we're bonding!" He rushed at the taller angelic figure and attempts to overwhelm the woman with a flurry of punches and kicks.