Spear practice was followed by an hour spent traversing the network of walkways and ropes that covered the Eyrie. Most of the sentinels flew away on their birds to patrol the afternoon skies until dusk, creating an empty playground through which Shamil and Lyvia would sprint and leap, always trying to complete a circuit faster than the previous attempt. The wisdom of this particular lesson was twofold and obvious; they quickly gained an intimate understanding of their new home whilst also developing muscle and stamina.
Shamil found it a pleasing contrast to the Doctrinate, where the lessons could often be tedious, if not pointless. Whilst he learned a great deal about combat in his years within its walls, the Doctrinate was as much a temple as a school, and students would spend days memor
