anonymous asked: ❛ can you show me how to fight? ❜ for @glidasclheriis
❝ I can train you, yes. But I can teach you more than just how to fight, Frost. I can show you how to master your cryomancy. I can make you powerful. ❞ He saw potential in her, a diamond in the rough, someone he could shape and mold to his expectations. Perhaps someone to take his brothers' place should that ever become necessary. Bi-Han knew their loyalty to him was feeble. Just like their father, they lacked ambition. Frost, however, seemed to be driven by the same hunger that was also consuming him, a want for more, the desire to leave her mark on the world. Without a doubt, she could become useful one day.
Of all their new initiates, Frost seemed the most promising. It was her cryomancy that made her stand out ⸺ that, and her ambition. She reminded Bi-Han a lot of his younger self, so eager to prove herself, yet always cast aside and never taken seriously. It was why he was willing to take her in as his apprentice, a decision he hoped he would not end up regretting.
❝ Of course, there are conditions. ❞ The grandmaster continued in a more strict tone of voice. ❝ I demand respect and obedience. Loyalty, to me as your grandmaster and to the Lin Kuei. I will not tolerate failure, incompetence or weakness. Accept this and the Lin Kuei will welcome you. ❞