Damn, that was touching! (and I mean the first part of the chapter, not the incoming sob story.)
Gotta love Zafar's old instructor, he's not quite as cold-hearted or as mysterious as he had seemed. I had almost believed his presence would be explained away as supernatural; a timeless, wandering personification of boxing in a polytheistic world.
Also, atoms.
Also, chibi Cestus.
Thanks for the release!