She's dead serious to her craft

"I want you to succeed. I don't want you to die. This is not a game you can play stupidly. Please get that into your air-filled-head. Please." Never said outloud.

very nice!

That is one rather excellent interpretation of this page.

She's so cute with her ears down.

She looks very unsettled lol

Wow. Why does Muko look so much cuter with her ears drooped? Probably because Judy looks the same when ears are like that. ^3^

This scene continues to be powerful, and is very powerful due to in part of the lack of dialogue and the dead-seriousness of the girls' expressions. The characters speak a lot without saying a word. It is awesome how Cookie is trying make Muko wake up to the need to get better and sharper in her journey to being a fighter, To start her journey of being a better combagal is to give up the painkollers and to perhaps, please just perhaps grasp and learn something from her failures and pain into that perverted fuzzy rabbit skull for once. Please Muko. Please listen to Cookie. Your dreams and even your life and your heath depends on it.

Also, I see the "We will remember" sign appearing again in the background.

It's some background details that got my attention here.

What's that symbol with the eye and three hands?

Love the stare down between mentor and student. It usually conveys the difference of experience between them, showing that even if mentors are mostly in the sidelines, they have been in the job for years by watching fighters be destroyed by their craft, whereas the protagonists realize that despite their driving force, idealism or passion for the sport, they still have to face the facts if they make a mistake. This is a scene that you nailed perfectly.