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“Solid block.” Zane pulled back his fist and gave a slight nod towards the student. Seeing the student relax her posture, the man gave a kick that knocked her back onto her butt. “Don’t hesitate on a follow up attack.” Zane said, his tone of pleasure turning more harsh. “You will get stuck in an endless cycle of defense if you give your opponent a chance to continue attacking. Even if you are a star defender there will be a point that you slip up. A slip up will mean injury to yourself or to those that depend on you... if you’re lucky.”


Sensing another student charging towards him, Zane turned around and brought his shield up to block the student’s sparring sword. Instead of hitting the shield, the hilt of the sword glowed and the sword quickly darted off to the side and landed a hit on his shoulder. With a sigh Zane returned the hit with a punch to the student’s stomach which caused the boy to drop the sword as the wind was knocked out of him followed by a hard kick that caused the boy to roll out of the sparring ring. “I said no alchemy!” Zane yelled at the student and gave a sigh before lowering his voice and turned the conversation to the rest of the students. “Or like I said earlier if you can use it discreetly, I’ll give you a pass.” Looking slowly at the students around the sparring ring Zane stopped at one of the teens that was mumbling an incantation and glared at the boy. “If I catch you using that I will not hold back.”


Three students charged in on Zane but before they reached him a bell chimed, signaling the end of class. “Unfortunately, none of you were able to knock me over so we won’t be able to play hooky for my next session.” Zane said with a defeated sigh. “There will be repercussions due to the extra work so those that are injured better get healed up before then.”


With a slight wave Zane walked out the door and saw that Bella was waiting for him. “Did everything go according to plan? You got here pretty quickly Miss. Mouse.” Zane said as he looked at Bella thoroughly to see if there was any sign of injury. 


“... Part one good…” Bella said through her glasses as she gave an audible sigh. “... tricky second…” Bella continued as she shifted uncomfortably while averting her gaze. [i]Were our peers as unruly as these students?.[/i] 


[i]Probably? Other than you and a select few I didn’t get involved with the other students so I didn’t spend much of my time and energy on the troublemakers.[/i] Walking down the hall the two walked towards the cafeteria. There were a few students that tried to get the duo’s attention as they walked but after receiving a glare from Zane, they backed off from engaging in a conversation with the duo. [i] It’s not a comfortable thing to do but if you want to keep the class in order you will need to be firmer with them. Channel in a bit of Zane energy when the troublemakers cause a disturbance. [/i]


[i]You make it sound easy.[/i] Bella said with a sigh as the two entered the busy cafeteria. Scanning the room Bella couldn’t see Samad or Elsa at the tables. [i] If you want to grab our lunch I can go save a seat for the four of us.[/i]


Heading towards the far side of the cafeteria, Bella found a seat alongside the wall. She watched the students around her mingle with each other. Although it hasn’t been long since she was last eating at the same tables as a student it was different compared to the past. Just sitting where she was would have been hard for her past self. [i]Just keep channeling Zane energy.[/i]