[Aoi knows a challenge when she's given one! She paddles to that same end, putting one lane between them, and gets herself in a race-ready position against the pool wall. She can hardly remember her last race, between Hope's Peak and the more recent apocalypse; the urge to just go is stronger than thoughts of how totally weird it is that she's about to have a swim race with a bird.
She nods at the bird, only briefly acknowledging to herself how unreasonably ridiculous it is that she's waiting on a bird to give her the "go" signal.]
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She nods at the bird, only briefly acknowledging to herself how unreasonably ridiculous it is that she's waiting on a bird to give her the "go" signal.]