Lior pushed himself to his feet slowly, dirt clinging to his damp palms. His gaze tracked to the empty basin lying on its side, then to the dark wet patch soaking into the ground.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZx3kMJGa0
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He didn't look at the boy who'd tripped him. Didn't say anything. Just picked up the basin with careful hands and walked back toward the well, joining the end of the line that had grown longer.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ2J86UakxG
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Cel grabbed a basin from the stack near the well and followed.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4kG9pBHrzF
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The line shifted forward slowly. Students ahead drew water, their conversations a low murmur that didn't quite mask the occasional laugh directed at Lior's back.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkK5OZBb0eF
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"Good morning," Lior said when Cel stopped behind him. His tone was light, normal. As if nothing just happened.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0GiWPw6Ih
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"Morning."90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHi37VN3Mtl
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They shuffled forward with the line. The well's wooden mechanism creaked as someone hauled up the bucket.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNxG4UTxfCT
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"How were the classes yesterday?" Cel asked.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK3CH8tKVgP
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Lior's expression brightened slightly. "Hard. Really hard. But..." He paused, searching for words. "It's a blessing, being able to learn this. Reading and writing, I mean. My parents never had the chance."90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYA5demijK4
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His fingers worked at the basin's edge - that familiar nervous gesture.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYsztWaSiKN
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"The letters don't make sense yet. And my hand cramps trying to copy them. But Instructor Saren says it will get easier."90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqwYPhJaDDz
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"It will."90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYVBIiAgkOd
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They reached the well. Lior hauled up the bucket with both hands, the rope groaning under the weight. Water sloshed as he tilted it carefully, filling his basin to the brim.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDOtJSvpuA
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He stepped aside, but didn't leave.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8gd4FHu9VJ
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Cel filled his own basin. The water was cold enough to sting.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwhiqdhfplU
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When he lifted the full basin, Lior still stood there.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnTuz6H66Pu
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"Ready?"90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5GRaLxuFJZ
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Cel nodded.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2taZyywcjk
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He turned toward the area where students washed - and kept walking past the closer, emptier spaces. His path led directly toward where the boy sat, pulling his academy uniform over damp shoulders.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnOIKzjOnsH
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"Maybe we should—" Lior's voice came quiet, uncertain. "There's space over there. More room."90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb67s3cSOvV
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Cel didn't respond. Just kept walking.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaDZdyBQYmd
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The boy ahead remained focused on straightening his collar.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ib7BQu4iL
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Cel's foot caught on nothing.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBX1HcDAye0
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His balance broke instantly, body lurching forward. The basin swung down in a perfect arc.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX16131OCIs
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It crashed directly onto the boy's head.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVk2fLPiaZ5
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The sound was sharp - wood shattering against skull, water exploding outward in a spray that drenched the boy's freshly donned uniform. 90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZdWsFLo0h
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"What the—" The boy shouted, hands flying to his head. "You bastard!"90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgYd8vJVipo
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Conversations died. Heads turned. The entire gathering area went silent.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnM2oECn5aQ
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Cel pushed himself upright slowly, dirt clinging to his palms.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjl0TPwMxqL
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"Sorry." Cel's voice carried across the sudden silence. "Seems like I tripped.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZYLejQQgk
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"Are you kid—"90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKOag6S9VDJ
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Cel's hand shot out and closed on the boy's collar. One sharp pull brought them forehead to forehead. 90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzTO2PrYAK1
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Their eyes locked - glacial blue meeting dark brown. 90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOep3qzLlH3
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"Next time," Cel whispered, "it won't be the basin that breaks."90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ83zOXm2i4r
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He held the contact for three heartbeats, letting the message sink in.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡejPhwcpMFj
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Then he released his grip and stepped back.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeS2rkClYdk
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"I'm happy nothing serious happened."90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Ekihq3D6J
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The boy stared up at him, hand still pressed to his head. His mouth worked soundlessly, bewildered by what just happened.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRruyh3ISSL
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Around them, students remained frozen. No one spoke. No one moved. The sudden violence had caught them all mid-breath.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCXjNlm834B
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Cel turned and walked back to where Lior stood, his expression unchanged.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7iyWkOORU0
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Lior blinked rapidly, his basin trembling slightly in his hands. "I—you can share mine. If you want."90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG2ZRf3aDUy
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"Thanks."90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwBD06pdlqh
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They moved to an empty corner. Lior set the basin down with careful hands, his gaze darting back toward where the boy still sat paralyzed.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMYCOKZ6Xps
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"Was that... I mean..." Lior's voice dropped lower. "Was that okay?"90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmzJ6lF5Shs
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Cel dipped his hands in the water, washing dirt from his palms. "What do you mean?"90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb3fIitnS6k
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Lior opened his mouth. Closed it. Opened it again.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtJWEYHXyx3
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"Nothing," he said finally. "Never mind."90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvaSMGSiENP
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They washed in silence, the rhythmic splash of water the only sound between them.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ5cLs3xBkc
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"You have a nice body."90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZmFuI7OORU
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Cel glanced at Lior.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlMgArLna9x
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He was staring at Cel's bare torso with genuine admiration.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcXPW4gUUUa
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Lior's face went red the moment he realized. "I mean—that came out wrong—" He gestured helplessly. "It's just... you're really built."90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe2VpUMeyIE
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A pause.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Ma8RT0xr1
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"How did you get it?”90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiXNSTt5Dao
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"My parents were strict," Cel said. Not quite a lie. "They wanted me to be strong."90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ88t2moJQPO
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Lior nodded slowly, as if that explained everything.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ79rTxX68P
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They finished washing and pulled on their uniforms. The bell rang across the Academy grounds once more - sharp and clear.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJi73rjt3g
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Morning assembly.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtn1kCABmPT
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Students moved as one toward the training grounds. Cel and Lior joined the flow, their basins left behind with dozens of others.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4AmA1DiaLP
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The sun climbed overhead while Instructor Calder shouted commands that drove muscles past exhaustion. 90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFHqQSk9FK2
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By the end, most students lay sprawled across packed earth, chests heaving.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvGziFx9CsS
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Cel stood upright, breathing steady. Sweat coated his skin, but his legs didn't shake. His arms didn't tremble.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnpKNo7Btpl
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Breakfast came next. Food that Cel ate without tasting, surrounded by conversations he didn't join.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv1kQI2Rwpv
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Then theoretical classes. Instructor Saren's voice washing over them in steady waves - creature classifications, blessing mechanics, imperial history.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmOfLd2CXJu
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Cel listened with half his attention. Most of it he already knew. The rest didn't matter enough to focus on completely.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0jzacQJw14
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Lunch. More food. More tasteless fuel.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw5HR3nrO2w
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Then combat training.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT9JXhO2Cq1
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Instructor Calder stood in the center of the training grounds, arms crossed. Weapon racks lined the wall behind him - swords, spears, axes, all designed to kill.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH5hC2Tg6ly
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"You don't choose your artifact," he said without preamble. "The gods decide. Some of you will receive swords. Others axes, spears, bows, staves. A few might get something stranger."90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzNjFmukqPP
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His scarred hands gestured toward the racks.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcrPW9DEjuP
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"Which means you learn everything. Master nothing initially, but become competent with all of it."90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwjeLZlmuVi
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He moved to the weapon rack and pulled out a longsword. The blade caught afternoon light as he held it up.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC3xZr9Z4Bx
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"We start with this. Two-handed sword. Most common artifact weapon type. Basic, versatile, effective."90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP6gccakvop
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The blade was real steel. Not practice wood.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAEhbVQvupI
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"Take one. Form lines. We begin with the fundamental strikes."90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYO32TUCod
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Students moved to the racks. Cel took a blade from the middle.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXqtKJffwvN
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The weight settled in his hands. Familiar. Wrong.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiByMvFFnkz
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He joined the forming lines, Lior settling beside him with a sword he could barely hold steady.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡomkkPBFJSV
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"Basic vertical slash," Calder called out. "Watch."90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5XMdTkcgxd
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His blade rose overhead in one smooth motion, held steady at the apex, then descended in a controlled arc that ended with the point aimed at the ground.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDFDHyFUf28
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"Again."90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbZrKYYz1Rs
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The motion repeated. Slower this time, each phase distinct.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ml9oSbhBH
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"That's the first form. You'll practice it until your arms fall off. Then you'll practice it more."90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlJdcTPiPfr
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He demonstrated the remaining basic forms, each one sharp and purposeful.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNGijyD6xG
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The training began.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKvlG8PUBwl
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Cel's body moved through the motions with muscle memory he'd thought buried. These weren't the techniques of House Solmar - no blazing offensive sequences, no emphasis on overwhelming aggression.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr58Eb5aki5
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These were the Chosen Legion forms. Practical. Efficient. Built for soldiers who fought rifts creatures in coordinated units rather than nobles dueling for honor.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6DDVQvS1ZB
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He'd studied them once, years ago. His weapons instructor had insisted on broad knowledge despite his father's preference for the Solar Blade technique.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwpFqs84VgE
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His hands adjusted their grip. The sword rose overhead. Descended. Rose again.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdgJFMmjwr5
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Around him, students fumbled and struggled. Lior nearly dropped his blade twice in the first minute. Others overcorrected, their swings wild and uncontrolled.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY30QtZTIQz
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Cel forced his third swing to drift slightly left. Let the fourth end too high. Made deliberate mistakes that would mark him as learning rather than trained.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIY1WO6pHvf
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But the Solar Blade technique... he'd need to forget that entirely. The forms were too distinctive. Any observer familiar with Sun Clan methods would recognize them instantly.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn7cWg6Neoq
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That heritage had to die here. Buried beneath new patterns, new muscle memory.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw8uAejY4No
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The Chosen Legion's style would become his foundation instead.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG99YflkCdq
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Days bled into weeks.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZXW6uAtIW
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Morning conditioning pushed bodies past limits. Theoretical classes filled minds with knowledge. Combat training taught weapon forms that repeated until they became reflex, leaving calluses on every palm.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZAJ7XYjpRm
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Cel attended everything like the others. Made mistakes during combat drills - mistimed swings, overextended lunges. Pretended confusion when Instructor Saren covered topics he'd learned years ago.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuLStwTl7Tg
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But physical conditioning betrayed him.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE4dFv1EcRl
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No matter how much he feigned exhaustion - letting his breathing grow ragged, allowing his movements to slow - his body wouldn't tire enough. While others collapsed after the final sprint, he remained standing. 90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh5OrjB1Ild
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The instructors noticed. Students noticed.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡijFOkoOidc
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By the second week, no one questioned when Cel finished first.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4iaNyiTafu
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Combat training told a different story.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFd8YFxWyfl
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His strength worked against him there. A basic parry became a disarming strike when his opponent's blade went flying. A controlled thrust nearly impaled the practice dummy. His two-handed grip shattered a sword's crossguard.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpOpBCZtcXh
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"Authority," he told Instructor Calder when questioned. "Strength enhancement. I'm still learning to control it."90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCqjqUcHJIC
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The lie held. Barely.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAtxo11ZVRK
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His Divine Energy problem was a simpler. When asked to demonstrate his control during theoretical lessons, Cel simply said he possessed a trait that suppressed his signature.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ87ir4KFkIK
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Instructor Calder's eyes narrowed, but he accepted the explanation without pressing.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHut1Qz3gTi
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The nights belonged to training.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1L8Ya705yx
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When the Academy slept, Cel claimed the empty grounds. Basic exercises until dawn approached. Building the foundation that everything else multiplied.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN5ZP9rMw7e
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Free days took him into the city.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQpulRCiXSK
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The Moon Church welcomed him with empty silence. Most visits, Lyra wasn't there. But sometimes she was, arranging flowers or simply praying. They would talk about small things. Safe things. He never stayed long enough to risk deeper questions.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6yuNherlsW
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Lyra mentioned their mother occasionally. How she'd joined the Chosen Legion after the divorce. How she was leading missions in the name of the royal house now. Cel absorbed every detail without comment, tracking his mother's movements through his sister's casual updates.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡARdzXTK1ZB
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The Golden Hart offered different comfort. The bartender knew him now, poured without asking. Cel drank and listened to conversations around him - politics, gossip, complaints about work. He absorbed it all without participating.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJDzM3yJbBH
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Humanity's normal rhythm. Lives untouched by divine blessings or rift-creatures.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV9zNeUXcj6
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It was... peaceful. In its own way.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2oDMwKUO7
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Some evenings, Lior joined him in his room.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMB1ISBVKTd
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Letters sprawled across parchment in shaky lines. Lior's frustration mounted with each attempt, his quill scratching and bleeding ink.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFrAnwIhVHg
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"Like this," Cel said, guiding his hand through the proper motion.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjkl5Z5mFk
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Lior's writing improved slowly. His reading faster. By the third week, he could parse simple sentences without help.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNBUm9qltHi
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"Thank you," Lior said one evening, his voice quiet. “I know I'm slow at learning.” 90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmb1vIP8XEH
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"It's fine."90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefOnOjys4b
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And it was.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1168PaAWo
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No one approached Cel or Lior.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDwpHeFFE5a
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The incident at the well had marked them both - Lior as weak, Cel as dangerous. Neither was appealing company.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTukdoSTXDO
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They sat alone at meals. Trained in isolated corners of the grounds. Existed apart from everyone else.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDUvinz3Cgu
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Lior seemed unbothered. Or perhaps he'd simply accepted it.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1leTXrbO0q
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Weeks became a month. Then two. Then three.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJ9gF8zzOx
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The physical conditioning grew harder. Combat forms more complex. Theoretical lessons deeper.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwE83nV83O7
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Cel's strength improved despite his best efforts to hide it. His sword forms remained clumsy - from the lack of talent and from his overflowing strength.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡodhnzBJL4P
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On the morning of the fourth month's final day, Instructor Saren stood before them in the main classroom.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2GmgjeTyx
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"In two days," she said, her voice carrying across the tiered seats, "the noble students arrive."90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU6V2rjHafw
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"You've had four months to prepare. To learn your place. To understand what's expected." Her gaze swept the assembled commoners. "When they walk through those doors, you will show proper deference. You will not embarrass yourselves or this Academy."90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQi3TUEy80b
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"And you will remember - they've trained since childhood for this. Everything you've struggled to learn in four months, they've mastered over years."90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI5JnlHeepW
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The weight of that truth settled over the room.90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmUstEJgajM
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"Tomorrow is your rest day. Use it wisely. Dismissed."90Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvjUNMqMMb3
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