It will be a busy four days, but that suits Mizu fine. She can handle the time away from the library and the books that have become so much of her life. It will do her good to forge her equipment for herself and to focus solely on doing that while she does so. She'll make sure to be complete and ready by the time Vergil finds her. If not, that's on her. She gave the timeline, so it's hardly a surprise to be attacked, no matter where he finds her.

It's a promise that they will carry on, and that proving true, for next time and the time after that, is far more important than anything else. Mizu will not have the chance to improve enough to beat him unless they keep going. Her step is a little lighter at his words. It's what she wants.

"We'll see about that," Mizu says. As much as she knows how it will likely go, she refuses to accept defeat before it comes. That only guarantees it. "I'll be ready."

And that's that. Almost none of their interaction what she expected that day, some better, some worse. She leaves for Wintermute where the chill will center her. Mizu can always think better there.