Riku raised his eyebrows in the way that communicated being impressed without saying the word impressed. "Tsukishima only adjusts people she thinks have upside."
"Or people who are embarrassing her class."
"Those she just watches fail as a lesson to everyone else." He settled back into stance. "You're getting the adjustment. Different category."
I was beginning to understand that there were different taxonomies at work here. Different classes of student. The ones who got left to struggle, the ones who got corrections, and somewhere above that, the ones who got Tsukishima's actual time and attention. I was apparently in column B now. Not sure what I'd done to escape column A.
We went again. This time I kept my grip looser on the rear hand like she'd shown me, and when Riku tried the false-weight technique again, the difference was immediate.
My reaction speed was measurably improved.
