[Paul hasn't been venturing out very far into the courtyard, preferring to keep to the sidelines and as out of the sun as possible; he's wearing the usual black robes, hooded and masked, keeping his skin as covered as possible - so whether he's here to train or not isn't precisely a mystery. Honestly, he's one of the resident pacifists anyway; he's largely just here to make sure nothing goes too awry.

The business with the ice is impressive, though; that much is evident despite the...everything, and when it comes to his words...well, at least he has the basic decorum to sound somewhat contrite for voicing them.]

Oh... It's nothing anyone is doing wrong, everything seems to be going well. I... Well, I guess I'm just a little shaken up after everything that happened in Venera. All of this is great, it's just harder to defend against what actually happened, you know?

[Like, we can weapons train all we want, but that doesn't exactly help against things impervious to bullets.]