liamrussell (liamrussell) wrote in lemuriathreads, @ 2018-04-09 12:21:00 |
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Being back on Lemuria felt oddly like coming home. It was weird because he had been on the island now about as long as he had spent in jail, and he already felt more at home here than he had at his mother's house or even, he thought ruefully, the childhood home in New York where his dad was now no doubt living with his next model. He regretted not having done more reading over the holiday. It had seemed perfectly justified at the time, as everyone including his unofficial tutors were saying they had to relax and give their brains and bodies a rest, but he now thought he should have used the time to catch up. It might have been easier to concentrate in his own private room - what a room! - on Fiji, quiet and peaceful, than it was now, back in the hustle and bustle of the dormitories, crammed into a box with three other teenage boys. Still, it was nice to be back on the field on Monday afternoon. He loved field practice because he got to try combining elements of their elemental magic classes with combat, which they hardly ever got to try in their regular classes. He would have liked to practice sparring hand-to-hand more, while the teachers were there to observe, but he could never get anyone to spar with who was on his level - privately he thought the TAs didn't have to be quite so brutal. Today however he'd promised Abi that he would help her with her own focus areas, and after the work she and Kaia had done to get him up to speed in their other classes, he was more than happy to do it. Even if she was acting a little more scatterbrained than usual since the break. "So, what do you want to work on?" he asked, glad that he'd remembered not to overeat at lunch as he took off his jacket and stretched. "Sorry there's no pillows out here." |