They ate a delicious, but awkward lunch in a great big banquet hall with a few families that seemed to live there -although, Sophie was still unsure where 'there' is. She tried to ask Mr. Forkle, but he dismissed the question, saying it 'wasn't safe for her to know'. After lunch, they had their first day of training during which they were separated so Dex could work with Claude, Keefe with Emily, Biana with Kia, and Sophie and Fitz with Mr. Forkle.

"Do you remember the way into her mind, Fitz?" Mr. Forkle questioned when they got into the large room they were in before lunch.

"Um, I think so." Fitz glanced at Sophie and she nodded as if to say that he was welcome to go in her mind.

Fitz reached for her temples and she willed herself not to think too much about how close he was, or how good he looked. She counted the seconds as they passed. Only 37 had gone by before Fitz said, "I'm in. What now?"

"You can explore for a little bit, if that's alright with Sophie."

Sophie didn't like the idea of Fitz exploring her memories, but maybe he can find things even she couldn't, so she reluctantly nodded and went back to counting the seconds. Then she realized that it might be kind of distracting for Fitz to have to hear numbers pounding in her mind, so she stopped and looked around the room.

I don't mind. Fitz transmitted, and it took her a little bit to realize that he could hear her reasoning for stopping too, so she just continued counting the seconds.

After getting to 152, Mr. Forkle interrupted by saying, "I think that's enough exploring. Now, Fitz, can you transmit to Sophie without being in her mind?"

Fitz took a step back from Sophie and narrowed his teal eyes that seemed to bore into her mind. He looked down and shook his head.

The rest of the lesson consisted of Sophie sitting in the cold metal chair as Mr. Forkle coached Fitz on how to transmit to her without invading her mind. Sophie wish she didn't have to be there since all she did was be there and say if she heard Fitz or not. But she still understands that her being there was kind of the essential part for that session of training. That didn't mean she liked it...

"Let's play basequest," Biana suggested when they were all together again after training.

"Where?" Sophie asked, "And we have an uneven number of people."

"If we can find somewhere to play, I can just sit out," Dex muttered, sulking in the corner.

"No, we can take turns sitting out. Or we could just have a team of three." Sophie was determined to make Dex part of the group, and going over to lean against the wall next to him.

"Or it could be everyone against Foster. Since her team always wins anyway," Keefe suggested, grinning at her.

"There is somewhere that you kids can play," said Mr. Forkle behind them, making them all jump.

"Dude, what is it with the Black Swan and creeping up on people!?" Keefe exclaimed.

Mr. Forkle ignored him. "Follow me." He walked down the hallway, into the training room and over to the corner. Sophie saw a small rectangle extruded from the wall that Mr. Forkle pressed his thumb on, making part of the wall seemed to melt away, revealing a spiral staircase. He led them down the stairs and stepped aside so they could see.

"Whoa!" Sophie breathed, unable to say anything else as she stared at the marvel in front of her.