Ah, I am so bad at consistent updating, and I haven't made that much progress on other things either. But it will all come together in the end. Let's hop back on over to Zaylee's story line and see what's going on with the green-eyed girl.
Lesson one. Heightening your senses. Belatra's voice came to Zaylee, despite her lack of sight. The worst thing for a human to do is see the Night Clan. They use their appearance against their opponents. If you can remain unperturbed, you have a better chance at gaining the upper hand.
That had begun the fight sequences, over and over again, Zaylee falling over disorientated time and time again until she finally could sense the bodies of her opponents, the mushrooms around her and the rocks under her feet. Eventually she experienced the success she needed to gain the upper hand and defeat her teachers without her sight.
Lesson two. How you fight. Razbo was leading this lesson. Every opponent is different. You have to learn to adapt.
More fighting with new styles Zaylee had never seen. It changed every time, whether she had succeeded the previous time or not. In time, she learned to adapt and moved on to lesson three.
There were balancing acts, tests of strength, endurance, capture this slug with a blindfold, capture this slug with your hands tied behind your back. Not that she needed two Acuses anyways, but she'd hold on to the new little guy for now. Little sleep, lots of work. Against her protesting muscles though, Zaylee could feel her improvement. Along with a growing sense of pride.
Lesson sixteen. Belatra began. There will always be someone who can beat you. She then had her butt handed to her sixteen times in a row.
That's one way to knock down the pride a notch.
And so the days pressed on, turning into two full weeks of intensive training. Eventually, as Zaylee was putting the thirtieth notch on the leather grip of her duffle bag, the siblings approached her with proud smiles.
You are ready. Razbo said before letting out a deafening screech, alerting the rest of the Shadow clan.