Errant sparks flying wherever she looked, more than a few burnt sleeves, a blond recruit with a particularly nasty-looking burn across his the back of his hand, a practice dummy reduced to nothing but a pile of ash and that was without mentioning that patch of charred grass – new recruits were nothing if not draining. Fire could be finicky, could be difficult to control in inexperienced hands and so whichever way she turned, she found another overeager recruit struggling to rein in their new abilities.
If only they could follow simple instructions ( open palm, unwavering focus ), they might find themselves holding fire in their hand. But no, no, instead they gave her sparks, charred uniforms and singed hair.
On the other side of the coin, though, where they had fallen to the bottom, these new kids could only improve, right?
If only she could force herself to believe that.
“None of them are cut out for my line of work,” turning to face Nyx, she spoke without thinking, “Already had to send one of them down to the infirmary. Nasty burn right across his hand, thought a fist would give his magic more of a pow.” With a shake of her head, she nodded to the blackened grass, “As for that disaster, don’t ask.”
But they couldn’t all be in a race to the bottom, could they?
“What about your group?” Folding her arms across her chest, she glanced across the training yard to where Libertus stood, “Better luck?”
Nyx breathes out a humorless laugh when she speaks of her recruits—the damage they're already causing—and part of him is grateful that his ability to fling spells hadn't placed him here with her
Progress was slow in all areas of training, though Nyx was more apt to blame that on most of them being young and from Insomnia. Few grasped the dangers outside of the wall the way the Galahdians did, familiar with the fight to survival that had inevitably lead to them leaving their homes.
They weren't taking it seriously and it was still a matter of time to see which ones would wise up and which would have their privileges revoked, borrowed magic returned to the king.
"Let's just say a few of them didn't listen when Libertus warned them not to have breakfast."
Warping made the stomach churn. People like Nyx were used to it, whereas Libertus struggled more with it, preferring the less tumultuous phasing over the flashy flitting through the air that Nyx was well known for.
"Nobody's taken a nasty fall yet, luckily," he says, though that's not including the numerous close calls, saved only because of the glaives overseeing their training. "Couple of them are starting to figure it out."