[@SilverPaw]

"Take some more swings with the sword. Keep it up until you start to get tired. Then, we're going to spar together with some dummy weapons, once you've had a little while to catch your breath, of course." Adykon didn't give any long-winded speech about success or failure; he had made that point already. He assessed Yssil's performance in silence. There was potential in him, but it was something that would have to be teased out over time. Obviously, telling him "how great he was" would only serve to inflame his young ego, and telling him that he perpetually "needed more practice" would only serve to frustrate him. The trick was to walk a fine line between either statement.

[@Eviledd1984]

"I... Smith. I'm not really the one who should be worried. Y-you do realize that you've changed appearances, right? You may change some more before this metamorphosis is over. H-have you looked in a mirror lately?" Kara didn't know how he'd react to it. She knew that she wouldn't react well to a sudden and unasked for change in looks, and she also knew that she'd be upset to know that such a change could very well prove to be irreversible. "I still think you look as attractive as you did before, don't worry!"