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I took a deep breath and then flowed through thelike a

This is ridiculous, my animal said as I swiped at him and missed entirely He barely even moved It’s a waste of time

Big words from someone who has yet to show her face Until you can coot

Shewithin th, and her speed, but apparently not her prowess

“You’re doing the stance perfectly, you’re doing theto actually try to stab me until the very end” There was a twinkle of humor in Nyfain’s eyes

“It’s not funny”

“No, it shouldn’t be”

The twinkle of humor didn’t diminish

“So, like…I don’t get it These ht line, but people et lined up and then charge?”

A deliciously crooked smile worked up his face “I don’t re that co, before we know to ask logical questions” He put out his hands, obviously thinking “You’ll o with them, and you choose the one best suited to thethis one”

“Fine Don’t move so that I can stab you”

He laughed helplessly “That’s not hoorks The enemy will move”

“Then I’ to thron the sword and just give up It didn’t make any sense to me

“Okay, let’s try it without the sword and see how you do”

It turned out that I did very ithout the sword I’d flow through the very fancy et close, and randoot to his body every single tihtly to his chest while he gaveelse equally childish He wasme, obviously, because I didn’t knohat to do with hiot to him

“Next time we’ll start with hand-to-hand co a towel that Hadriel had brought out before returning to the garden It was still his favorite activity, weeding and getting everything ready Soon we’d be ready to plant, and I’d start working on those roses

“We need to harvest some everlass,” I told Nyfain as we started back to the castle “Or…I do, I guess”