Her words had his smile turning sheepish as he rubbed at the back of his neck, "It...is hard. Really, one of the easiest things in the world is to let your heart waver. But, it's the difficult things that are most worth doing, in the end. It's the fight that give some things their most value..."

She could very well be correct; the guy did have a good head on his shoulders. Luke had a lot of good friends, during his journey - they all taught him well.

Cooking, huh? Luke didn't have a problem with the challenge at all. If anything, he'd come to enjoy cooking as much as he enjoyed taking out monsters and...well...competing. She would get to see an entirely different side of him as he raced her. Even with his Thief class, however, he wouldn't be going overboard, since he'd already been pushing himself pretty hard earlier.

Not to say he wouldn't be giving her a run for her money...