'And so we must keep the shield before us and our comrades in order that the unit might focus on the task of bearing the enemy back' Alexander finished explaining the translation he'd handed out. 'With that I reckon it's time to put this into practice, you should each be able to find a training sword and shield here' he indicated a pile of the weapons all heaped into the back of cart 'I would like you to take up these arms and then form up in formation as prescribed by the text' as he said this the air around Alexander seemed to shimmer and then instead of being dressed in his long coat and scarf he stood resplendent in the armour of a Centurion weapons and all.

With that he strode out of the gazebo and onto the grass plain of the park, his students rushed past eager to get to grips with something practical after what had been a rather difficult piece of translation work.