Sword Art Online 012 – Alicization Rising Chapter 7 – The Two Supervisors 41 "It's simple. Look at this body." Cardinal opened the front of her thick robe with her right hand and exposed her body clad in a white blouse, black breeches, and white knee-high socks. It was the figure of a young girl, slim and petite; one that contrasted her manner of speech, like that of an elderly sage, far too much. Feeling as though I saw something I shouldn't, I asked with my eyes instinctively cast down. "Exactly what... about that body...?" Her robe fluttering as she restored it to how it was, Cardinal groaned as though she was irritated. "Goodness, you're certainly slow, aren't you? Try imagining yourself getting thrown into this body. Your perspective and arm lengths would be utterly different. Would you be able to wield and fight with a sword as you've always done like that?" "...Ah..." "Until that moment, I had always been in Administrator's... that is, Quinella's body which was rather tall for a woman. I didn't take much notice of it during our exchange of sacred arts, but... at the point when I wielded this staff and braced for the enemy's attack, I finally understood that I had been chased into a critical plight." I certainly could agree now that she pointed it out. Even in the numerous VRMMOs in the real world, getting used to judging distances in close-range physical combat if one were to choose an avatar with a size much too far away from one's real body required quite an amount of time. "...By the way, what's the difference in height between Administrator and yourself as you currently are...?"