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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="58870fb84adb59f29338f3d18905ed1b""Aether, are you afraid of using your powers." em style="box-sizing: border-box;"Master Jean asks with authority./em/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="91ab0ebe978885e541823602560b03e3""Anemo is nothing to be afraid of. The wind itself can be a great alley when it comes to battle, and the great thing is, it mixes very well with the other elements" em style="box-sizing: border-box;"I nod my head at her, but even I know, she thinks I'm not soaking it all in./em/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="dd3f5c27f8381e36ee1165d6f412d694"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"I jump up and can feel the wind gathering around me, I spin my body, making a tornado and then I slash my sword pushing it toward the dummy. It comes up from the ground, and lands with a quiet thud, on the ground./em/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="661bcf9ec5cbf5489c015788abf16fef"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"I look at Master Jean and maybe she's proud, maybe she's relieved or maybe she feels like she can finally get back to do what she was doing before I had to take the extra lesson with her on sword fighting with elemental power./em/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="3f7b250d18e82fa636256b5284870650""You'll have to do it either when you get back or stay up all night like I do in some cases. The headmaster said you em style="box-sizing: border-box;"needed /emthese extra combat classes, don't argue with me anymore, go out and use the elemental power!" em style="box-sizing: border-box;"She sternly tells me, before waking away./em/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="93e2b06835ab255262cc57544c0d8804"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"I grunt in frustration and think about how to clear my schedule for patrols now, on top of everything else. I can understand why Master Jean wants me to take this opportunity to hone my skills, but I also feel as though I'm falling behind in my other classes./em/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="b248493eda56a1c5c6fc2ffa0326643f"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"Before heading out, I stop at a little cafe and get a bite to eat, to see if it'll help bring my energy back. It's only two camps and who knows, if the clouds keep gathering , it'll be good to see how anemo mixes well with other elements like Master Jean was saying./em/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="849759973721c65376c96fd68cda1363"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""Did you also get assigned to do extra stuff tonight" I say letting out a small chuckle./em/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="cb8517dc147ae222d74487fc035591a6"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""Wanna join me tonight then?" She peeks up a little at me as if I just read her mind. "Grab a bite and then we'll head out"/embr style="box-sizing: border-box;" /em style="box-sizing: border-box;"—/embr style="box-sizing: border-box;" /em style="box-sizing: border-box;"The moonlight over our heads shone dimly over our heads. The heavy clouds were blocking out the moons glow as we traveled around Mondstat, looking for camps./em/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="42455ac7e6c6e5adb651bcc430f17e6d"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"Lumine caught me up that Master Jean wanted her to clear out 2 bandit camps, so we decided to try and find the two camps, Master Jean was talking about./em/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="34dd7f07036f05679ed16feb44aaacdb"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"Lumine and I are starting at a new school that had started about 3 months ago. We were told before we come, to harness our elemental powers and make sure we can at least control them./em/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="4dc3b4a076de423bfcefcba21ae7c11f"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"We came to this school, mainly because that's where our travels have lead us. Most people here, have some sort of power, with an element. It's like a blessing from the gods for doing something heroic, close to death, putting yourself in danger. The ones with this power, we've met so far, have been using it for good and to fight the threats that are in this world./em/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="4012700cc86d7552a8cc25ddf40b6962"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"The Yaksha betrayed their people and for it, they became scary beasts that would kill or eat people through the lands they inhabited. The Yaksha we're getting so dangerous, it is said, the Gods themselves had to lock them away, in darkness, forever hearing screams of their victims and being in binds that hurt their very being./em/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="aa1d41420873d51af5f6d3f0ed21dc16"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"A ball of wind with a few bursts of blades comes from my hand and starts to cut away at them. They jump back, kicking under my chin in the process./em/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="91ab0ebe978885e541823602560b03e3""Anemo is nothing to be afraid of. The wind itself can be a great alley when it comes to battle, and the great thing is, it mixes very well with the other elements" em style="box-sizing: border-box;"I nod my head at her, but even I know, she thinks I'm not soaking it all in./em/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="661bcf9ec5cbf5489c015788abf16fef"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"I look at Master Jean and maybe she's proud, maybe she's relieved or maybe she feels like she can finally get back to do what she was doing before I had to take the extra lesson with her on sword fighting with elemental power./em/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="93e2b06835ab255262cc57544c0d8804"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"I grunt in frustration and think about how to clear my schedule for patrols now, on top of everything else. I can understand why Master Jean wants me to take this opportunity to hone my skills, but I also feel as though I'm falling behind in my other classes./em/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="b248493eda56a1c5c6fc2ffa0326643f"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"Before heading out, I stop at a little cafe and get a bite to eat, to see if it'll help bring my energy back. It's only two camps and who knows, if the clouds keep gathering , it'll be good to see how anemo mixes well with other elements like Master Jean was saying./em/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="849759973721c65376c96fd68cda1363"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""Did you also get assigned to do extra stuff tonight" I say letting out a small chuckle./em/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="d5356115cd7aba2c33ff1984b6ce0e92""Ugh, yes" em style="box-sizing: border-box;"she rolls her eyes and takes a seat next to me. /em"I don't know how she does it. Keep order, run classes, mark grades, help run an entire school. I know we started late, but these extra assignments are starting to take a toll on me for sure."em style="box-sizing: border-box;" She lays her head down on her arms and I can hear her taking deep breaths./em/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="cb8517dc147ae222d74487fc035591a6"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""Wanna join me tonight then?" She peeks up a little at me as if I just read her mind. "Grab a bite and then we'll head out"/embr style="box-sizing: border-box;" /em style="box-sizing: border-box;"—/embr style="box-sizing: border-box;" /em style="box-sizing: border-box;"The moonlight over our heads shone dimly over our heads. The heavy clouds were blocking out the moons glow as we traveled around Mondstat, looking for camps./em/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="42455ac7e6c6e5adb651bcc430f17e6d"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"Lumine caught me up that Master Jean wanted her to clear out 2 bandit camps, so we decided to try and find the two camps, Master Jean was talking about./em/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="34dd7f07036f05679ed16feb44aaacdb"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"Lumine and I are starting at a new school that had started about 3 months ago. We were told before we come, to harness our elemental powers and make sure we can at least control them./em/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="4dc3b4a076de423bfcefcba21ae7c11f"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"We came to this school, mainly because that's where our travels have lead us. Most people here, have some sort of power, with an element. It's like a blessing from the gods for doing something heroic, close to death, putting yourself in danger. The ones with this power, we've met so far, have been using it for good and to fight the threats that are in this world./em/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="6b9cbf47236f1674d191c47b860673fa"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"Lumine and I aren't from this world, yet we first came here because it was our mom's mission first to hunt down the Yaksha along with others and bring them back to our home. The day our mother's corpse came back, they told us she was fighting a terrible monster and that's what had killed her. They didn't even need to tell me what kind of monster, I already knew./em/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="38b71b89f0a55503f74d8dd78b9a4e2c"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"The stronger we get, the better we'll be equipped for taking on such a dangerous threat. The Yaksha were once deity's that were worshiped and praised. But they let power get to their heads and they started killing man kind, due to the powers they had inflicted on them./em/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="4012700cc86d7552a8cc25ddf40b6962"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"The Yaksha betrayed their people and for it, they became scary beasts that would kill or eat people through the lands they inhabited. The Yaksha we're getting so dangerous, it is said, the Gods themselves had to lock them away, in darkness, forever hearing screams of their victims and being in binds that hurt their very being./em/p
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