"Thanks," Clare did catch Hinata's tone, and decided it best to steer clear of continued gushing over the finer values of written work. Maybe it was something they didn't get much time for while doing ninja things.

"You misunderstand the dynamic. A team is individuals working toward a common goal. A Meister without a weapon, and the reverse, are half of an individual," her time here, and her attempts to train on her own lead her to this conclusion. A Meister/Weapon pair functioned as an individual on the battlefield, each the extension of the other. "While teamwork is important, a Meister and a Weapon aren't a team. They are a single entity on the battlefield. With two minds, but a single will. If... that makes sense?"

Clare left out the best known exception, that would merely muddle the issue.