He's two rungs above me, though the gap is quite a bit larger than it sounds. Arima's level of skill is something very few people ever attain. Even under his guidance, I'd be no match for him.

[And he doesn't mind saying as much, because it's a simple reality for him. Arima is the standard by which everyone else measures themselves, that impossible-to-attain goal that one pursues only to fall short.

With a title like the White Reaper, one wouldn't be amiss in saying the man stands out]