"But Kaizen, may I ask you a serious question that's been bothering me? Why exactly did you choose this particular stream out of all the available options?"
Finch gestured around the dilapidated shack with both hands, specifically pointing at the cobwebs hanging from the ceiling like decorative death threats and the empty sake bottles littering every available surface like some kind of alcoholic graveyard.
"There are six other impressive Elemental Towers on this campus that actually look like proper academic buildings. They have proper heating systems that work. They have functioning cafeterias with actual food. They have professors who are actually conscious before noon and sometimes even teach classes.
"And honestly, for someone at F-Rank like yourself, Pyromancy is usually considered the safest bet for advancement because it's literally idiot-proof. Fire is fire, no matter how weak the mana source powering it is, you just point and things burn.
