Sebastian turned back to Serena and smiled slightly once more at the change of subject, grateful that she didn't ask too many questions about what had just went on. "No, I haven't unfortunately... but if you know where to get some..."

As she handed him the practice stake he looked momentarily lost. Even with all his defense training it still felt odd to hold a weapon...for attacking... lethal close range attacking at that. He suddenly understood what Aleksander had meant, even if he managed to get close enough to a Strigoi to use the stake he'd more than likely be killed before he could ever effectively do it. That meant that even if he found Anya she'd probably kill or change him before he'd be able to change her back... Unless maybe Anna and Gunner were with him to help him do it but he wasn't sure they'd be behind him on it. He let out a breath, clearing his mind and listened to Serena's guidance.

~*~

Anna shook her head, "Actually, if it comes down to letting your Guardian die and escaping or staying and dying as well... You should run. It's a Guardian's job to put their life on the line, if you risked yours and got killed trying to help us it would defeat the purpose. That's why we aren't teaching you to attack except with magic which is from far away... What we teach you is purely for defense, to help us keep you alive or buy you time to escape. It's never an inconvenience to a serious Guardian to protect her ward."

Basil was a good student and a quick learner. For a long time Anna ran Basil through basic blocks to common attacks and showed her different ways to dodge those same attacks, "Always dodge if you have the time, if you don't then block... Taking the force of the blow is going to slow you down too, so like I said... Dodge if you can."

Anna suddenly felt odd, like someone was watching her... The hair on the back of her neck stood on end. She told herself it was nothing but she decided that she'd shown Basil enough for the day. "We should head back... It's almost curfew. Since today was just our introduction to each other they won't be doing the over night tests... That'll come later. So, I'll meet you in the morning for breakfast... Will you be going to the Feeders first or the lunchroom?"

She guided Basil back towards the school and the Moroi dorms, wondering if she'd run into Gunner.