"It is no problem, Sabine." Meesei responded to her. She was confident that Sabine would succeed today, but she wanted to make sure she had every advantage she could. Thorantilth had told her some about her new opponent. Since she did have some measure of combat training, the new opponent was also a hunter initiate, but a less experienced one. With the effects of the poison taken into account, it would be a much fairer fight than last time. 

"Your potions succeeded this time, didn't they?" Meesei questioned between bites of her breakfast. "From what the Treeminder told me, your new opponent is a boy your age, a new hunter initiate. Thorantilth did have the chance to watch you fight last time, so he was able to judge your fighting skill. I do not believe it will be nearly as one-sided. We have a few hours before it is time, so is there anything else you wish to do to prepare, or do you just want to rest and wait?"

A few of the others woke up around the same time as well. Kaleeth had awoken shortly after Meesei, so she returned with breakfast for herself, Janius, and Leaps. She sat down next to him and gave both of them their breakfast. Of course, Leaps ended up ignoring his food and jumping straight on Janius'. Meanwhile, Ahnasha had a serving about half again as large as anyone else's. She was not even ashamed of how much she was eating anymore, though she did feel a bit guilty about how much of the village's food she was taking. She wished she could go out on a hunt to help replace it, but she knew she was in no shape for that.