Five hours later I fell, finally, blessedly exhausted amidst the ruin I had created.
We’d moved into a canyon on the outside of town to test my abilities where no one could get hurt and no one could see. It was a place I’d come to train before, the running trail I’d pounded into the sparse grass long gone in the years I’d been away. I don’t know why I hadn’t thought of this before. No one ever comes out here, especially not in this weather.
Orkan and Barret sat not too far away, watching with morbid curiosity as I destroyed everything I could get my hands on, talking quietly amongst themselves. It wasn't remotely helpful for them to be there, as they’d only shouted advice about what to destroy next so far–with varying degrees of boyish excitement–but I felt comforted by my master's pre
