[It might not get in the way of holding a sword, but it isn't exactly easy to adjust to balancing one's weight in the aftermath of having a toe removed, either. She elects not to point this out, opting instead for another observation.]

If it's really so inconsequential, then who's to say you gave up anything at all? I'm sure it would be enough if your body is the most important thing to you.

[Caren raises both hands slightly, palms out and wrists extended, as if posing her fingers over some invisible keyboard. It would be much harder, wouldn't it...? She bends her left ring finger toward her palm, its neighbors twitching as their connected skin and tissues stretch, too. What's music that will never be played for an audience again?

For the first time, and only briefly, she looks conflicted. Her teeth close together tightly in pain.]

I'm hesitating. ... So this must be on the right path.