Furrowing his brow, he watched Maria tend to her wounds. "Make sure you wash those cuts," he said, deadpan. "Grats are infested with bacteria."

So grats were too easy for her. He could sympathize. The Training Center really needed some variety, but it was too difficult to maintain sufficient population levels whenever different monsters were introduced to the habitat.

He took out a cloth from the back pocket of his pants and started wiping off his blade. He'd clean it properly once he got back to his dorm. "How much fighting experience do you have outside of the Center?"