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As if readingEvery new feets her personal attention whether they want it or not Since so , she tries to coach theuard now than ever because of her We tried to get her to teach us--a boould ood weapon for a scout--but she has no interest in training men"

"But I’m not a new recruit, I’ht be dead by torumpy today," Janco said cheerfully "Too ?"

"Shut up," I said Unfazed, his grin only widened

"All right, that’s enough Let’s get started," Ari said

I spent the rest of the afternoon learning to punch so the proper technique of kicking The first two knuckles of both hands turned bright red as I punched into a training bag over and over Mastering the front kick was a challenge since h muscles hindered my flexibility

When Ari finally dismissed me, I aimed ," Janco said with a gleeful sound in his voice

I turned to tell him where to stick it and came face-to-face with Valek I heldus I felt self-conscious

"Your punches are slow," he said Takingto purple "At least your technique is good If you hold weights in your hands while you train, your punches will be much quicker without them"

"I can continue?" I asked in disbelief

He still held on to my hand, and I couldn’t summon the will-power to pull it back The warhphysical display fresh in erous blue eyes had always taken my attention I had learned to read his facial expressions as a survival tactic but I had never really looked at him in this way before He was a study in contradiction Theseven opponents without breaking a sweat My interactions with Valek resehtrope One minute I was confident and balanced, and the next insecure and unstable

"I think it’s an excellent idea," he said "How did you get the poins to agree to teach you?"

"Poins?"

"Coth with Janco’s speed, and they would be unbeatable But, so far, I haven’t had to test ether No one said I couldn’t have ive me away, are you?"