Chapter 32 New Tricks

"Are you sure the roof is the best place for this? Wouldn t the training room be better?" Dmitri asks nervously once we reach the rooftop garden. "This is where I ve done all my practising thus far. I d be most comfortable here," I insist. "You ve been practising without my noticing? How?" "I ve gotten better at controlling my energy fields. The practise with you in the training room helped with that. Surely you noticed?" "I was generally too busy getting drenched. I wish you d spend more time learning to control the water." "If I have to get better at all of it, does it really matter where I start? It s not like we re in a war or anything, or like my skill really matters all that much." "Fair point. What else have you learned to do, then?" he sighs. He s probably annoyed with me. Oh well. I draw a few deep breaths, getting myself into the proper mental state for this. I ll have to work on functioni