[b]Madison[/b]

"Mr. Kessinger, nice to meet you." Right away, Madison noticed his eccentric clothes. The colorful ensemble coupled with his seemingly easy-going attitude let her to believe that she was rather lucky to have gotten one of the good teachers assigned to her. If there was one thing in the world she hated, it'd be having strict and close-minded adults in charge of her.

"I have a quick question," she added, "aside from learning how to work with the element itself, how much time are we going to spend on combative techniques?" 

Madison's question was purely out of curiosity, but she [i]did[/i] want to learn how to defend herself. 

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