“But... That won't do. Think of how we'll feel if that pride destroys you.”
“Said it all. Can always lend the hand, protect our friends from enemies, but themselves? That's a head-scratcher for the ages. Gonna trust you and Palaria on this one!”
"When your ready." Palaria neither confirmed nor denied that
"I'm ready"
“It’s certainly a tough problem to figure out.” Sena said with a thoughtful expression.
Palaria nodded and put her hands over Rakih.
"I will keep that in mind"
"AAAAAAAAHHH"
"Owwww... My... ears...." she said slowly, as if she was pretending, placing a hand on one ear.
"I CAN FEEL IT IN MY SKIN, IN MY BLOOD, IN MY NERVES! AAAAHHH!"
Victoria simply looked on as she sips more coffee.
"Two...
Rakih dropped to the ground, his body splayed across it.
"You don't say..."
"Uhuh. Now you should ask yourself how often you want to experience that before you continue channeling mana through your body. I don't enjoy seeing you in pain you know." Palaria said, Standing up
"Feel like a bitch" Rakih said before rising to stand up. "I hope this increase my pain tolerance and my body adaptation to mana"
"I feel conflicted"
"I sure hope you do..." she said, taking more sips of coffee, about halfway empty.
"You're an idiot..." Palaria muttered
“Yep. Those screams didn't sound like agonizing pain at all. Rainbows, sunshine and happy thoughts.” Aura didn't laugh at her own sarcasm. At least it was all over with now. “I see you can still talk. Can you stand? Walk?”
"Fine miss Palaria" Rakih said before walking slowly to the door.
"Thank you for your concerns, don't worry about it. I can still walk and even fight if needed" say Rakih while putting an image of tough guy "My body feel even better actually"
By the time she said that, Victoria has already disappeared.
Victoria sighs.
“You have my gratitude.” Aura bowed, disciplined. “That was boss, Boss!” This was less disciplined but she left as demanded. On her way out she replied,
“Ohohohoho, is that right? Can I punch you in the stomach then? Making sure can't hurt you any more than the treatment already did.” This time she laughed, walking close to Sena and this oddly endearing fool. Lightly elbowing his stomach once.
(Victoria is slim but has a lot of appetite, the narration said that one bite of that would satiate for a day. And she ate all of it. She's still hungry for snacks?)
"Even worse for me"
"Hah" Rakih said while feeling a little bit of pain "I need to meditate for this shit, really"
(She haven't ate for three days)
"There's this thing called refeeding syndrome. Basically after periods of starvation, the body gets used to less energy intake. Returning to regular eating patterns in quick succession after that can cause a variety of clinical complications" Darren explained, now standing behind Victoria.
"I know... " she said, stopping to look for food and simply finished drinking her coffee.
“I don't know about you guys and you girls but I think we're looking at the brains of the team.”
"Coming from you, that doesn't feel like a compliment. Oh well, thanks anyway. Aura, right?" Darren asked.
"Well, I think with how much experience he gathered through his life. I can understand how wise he is. Anyways, want to spar with me Aura?"
“Coming from... Hell's that supposed to mean? Doesn't matter, what's said are waters past.” One very unnecessary backflip later, Aura was sitting in some corner like a monkey. “Yep! Len's the actual name but I go with the clan's first.” Not very clear if the girl's family allowed her to keep it or not but she sure acted like they did.
“All your nerves just got back from a therapy of hell. I'm not any icon for wisdom, but are you sure you can handle it?”
"My martial art exam are literally walking through the path of litted charcoal, climb the mount of Berapi, fight some of my senior on the way, swim from Java to the island of Bali and finally fighting my own master there. All in three days"
“If so many of us want to do this, randomizing it seems like a good idea to me.” Sena replied.
