When they emerged into the winding hallway that led to the Monastery of Spinjitzu, the first thing Arin did was force himself to look over at his teacher who was pale and unconscious in Zane's arms.

It made his stomach twist uncomfortably; every time he had seen the ninja fight, they were always okay by the end.

He had heard about the fight against the former Jade princess Harumi where she had teamed up with Lord Garmadon and subsequently brought New Ninjago City to its knees, but he had been too young to remember the events and every fight after that had been successful. He had been given no reason to assume that this one would be no different.

And yet, the current events spiraling around him filled his thoughts with both worry and doubt that they had fully won. 'You can't win if not everyone is standing by your side.'

Arin didn't understand why seeing his teacher so vulnerable and so hurt reminded him of the events of The Merge, specifically being swept away from his parents, but the emerging of that thought forced nausea down his throat with a sudden wave.

He was unable to shake the feeling even when Sora tapped his shoulder which effectively brought him to the task at hand, which happened to be figuring out what to do with several very large dragons.

"Maybe I should go make sure Lloyd is okay." Arin suggested, only to be shot down quickly by his best friend.

"Nya, Kai and Zane know what to do. We have to make sure all of them," she stopped to wave her hand in a gesture towards the dragons, "are okay."

Even though Arin relented quickly, knowing that he would be more helpful with Sora and Wyldfire, he still couldn't shake the sinking worry that filled his mind and his gut when he thought back to Lloyd's nearly white face as he let out shallow breaths while being held onto tightly by Zane.

But all he could do was wait on answers.

One Week Later

"Zane, for the last time, I am fine." Lloyd insisted as he sat on the end of his bed while Zane ran a vital check, "I just got a little dizzy, that's all. That happens when you're unconscious for six days."

"I suppose you're right," Zane concluded as he finished running the diagnostic, "but making sure it wasn't due to what happened before you collapsed is just a precaution."

"I know," Lloyd agreed with a nod and wishing that maybe, just maybe, he could go for the rest of his life without having another bone chilling vision like the one he had while freeing the dragons, "can you send Arin in here? I want to make sure he's okay."

"Of course," Zane nodded and started to go to the door before stopping to look Lloyd in the eyes with a mix of admiration and pride, "you're doing a good job with both of them."

Lloyd couldn't do anything but sit there in astonishment as Zane left the room; he knew that he was doing the same amount of teaching and guiding that he did for the other ninja when Krux and Acronix had become the center of their attention years ago, but hearing he was doing a good job, that was new.

He didn't have a lot of time to focus on that, however, because Arin's head poked through the door like a small child and he knew that he had to assure his student that he was fine in case they were attacked again before he really was one hundred percent.

"Arin, you can come in," Lloyd insisted, waiting until the teenager closed the door behind him before asking, "are you okay?"

"Am I- I'm not the one who's having dizzy spells and passing out because of dragon powers and having terrifying visions-"

"Okay, I get it, I get it," Lloyd insisted, standing up and walking forward to place his hand on Arin's shoulder, thankful that the dizziness had passed, at least for now, "take a deep breath, okay? I will be fine."

"You don't know that." Arin protested, but Lloyd just shushed him until he calmed down some before leading him over to sit down on the bed beside him and pulling up his sleeves, hearing Arin gasp.

"All of these, and the ones here," Lloyd pointed to his torso, "and here," pointing to his legs, "are all from being a ninja." Lloyd pulled down his sleeves before looking back at Arin, "I am not saying that to scare you, or to make you more worried about me. I'm saying that because I have been doing this for a very long time and I am always okay."

"What about when you aren't?"

"Yeah, there have been some close calls," Lloyd admitted, his hand subconsciously going to the back of his head and the fight in Kryptarium Prison, "but nothing has gotten me yet; a little bit of dizziness isn't enough to stop me and it's definitely not something that you need to worry about."

"What if it is?"

"You'll know if it is," Lloyd insisted as they both stood up and started to head for the door, "but for now, you need to get back to training."

"Are you training too?" Arin questioned with a raised eyebrow that reminded him of the many times when Nya was very disapproving of Lloyd's actions after he had suffered some sort of trauma.

"No, I'll just be observing. The others would kill me if I tried to train like this."

"Is it bad that I'm grateful for that?" Arin questioned and Lloyd couldn't help but smile when he gave his response while holding the door open for both of them to pass through.

"Not at all."