[There's a strained noise at that comment and honestly it's a good thing Kuzuryuu hadn't yet deemed his tea steeped enough to drink yet. Otherwise he probably would have choked.]

Th-That's got nothing to do with it. She's just...stronger than me. [There's a bit of hesitance to admitting this. After all, the only reason he's even having this FTE with Gundam is because it's kind of unavoidable thanks to Gundam actually meeting her.] Some say she's the reincarnation of our uncle, the most powerful member of our family ever to exist. And for a while, there was a part of the syndicate that wanted to have her take my place as heir.