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We Made a Forest
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thelastdruid[The months passed pretty quickly after that first day. Both he and Airy had to return to their training, and Cairn in particular was being even more grueling than he had in Arkansas. Every morning, he was forced to eat early, and spend the majority of his time in focus training. At first it didn't include the manipulation of any sort of energy. He had to count backward from five hundred by sevens while running an obstacle course. Cairn said it was to train his mind to focus on several things at once externally while focusing on a chosen outcome.
At first he hated it. It was arduous, annoying, and he failed more than he succeeded. But, as the months went on, things were added to his focus. He had to run the obstacle course while setting arranged targets on fire, and that was when he started to understand. Cairn was training him for the battlefield, where things were nuts, unpredictable, and losing focus wasn't an option.
They moved on from there to other outcomes. Cairn would cover the obstacle course with a fine powder and force him to run it while attempting to conjure rain to clean the course. That one wasn't coming to him so easily. Water had never been a gift to him. It would perpetually be his Achilles heel, and it was one of the most versatile elements. Water was cleansing, meaning it could purge a body of poisons. It was healing, meaning it could heal wounds. Even now, over a year later, he couldn't muster it with consistency. He felt like a failure as a Druid. Everyone was counting on him, and all he could do was destroy.
Earth he could call to his command, wind with some success. Fire was his, but water...water eluded him.
Today, Cairn gave him a day off after a day of great success yesterday, so he decided to go see Airy, whom he hadn't had a chance to see much of for the last week. It was a Wednesday, so he knew where to find her.
He was polite enough to knock at the door of her training room.]
At first he hated it. It was arduous, annoying, and he failed more than he succeeded. But, as the months went on, things were added to his focus. He had to run the obstacle course while setting arranged targets on fire, and that was when he started to understand. Cairn was training him for the battlefield, where things were nuts, unpredictable, and losing focus wasn't an option.
They moved on from there to other outcomes. Cairn would cover the obstacle course with a fine powder and force him to run it while attempting to conjure rain to clean the course. That one wasn't coming to him so easily. Water had never been a gift to him. It would perpetually be his Achilles heel, and it was one of the most versatile elements. Water was cleansing, meaning it could purge a body of poisons. It was healing, meaning it could heal wounds. Even now, over a year later, he couldn't muster it with consistency. He felt like a failure as a Druid. Everyone was counting on him, and all he could do was destroy.
Earth he could call to his command, wind with some success. Fire was his, but water...water eluded him.
Today, Cairn gave him a day off after a day of great success yesterday, so he decided to go see Airy, whom he hadn't had a chance to see much of for the last week. It was a Wednesday, so he knew where to find her.
He was polite enough to knock at the door of her training room.]
