Improve
Ready
Ready verb - To make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function.
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- The protagonists of Sevenshot Kid know that they aren't ready or capable of dealing with a tall, dark stranger but they know they're the only ones that can possibly hope to improve their situation.
Source: Do Not Go Gentle - And don't expect Baby to wait for the situation to improve; as long as there's somebody there who's so much as witnessed a birth before, it's ready to jump into that person's open arms.
Source: Instant Birth, Just Add Water - Though he's not nearly as badass as the rest of Rin, he does improve somewhat over the course of the series, by becoming less timid and more ready to stand up for himself and do what's right.
Source: Literature / Rowan of Rin
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