The Ashenway mansion had a tense quietude that the employees failed to hide.
Lin found herself in the training courtyard with Liora and Luna, all three of them sweating after a particularly intense session. Lin had been channeling her slight frustration, perhaps at having to miss the main action, into training the two girls to exhaustion.
"One more," Lin declared, though the girls were clearly at their limit. "The coordination between your jumps could be better."
"Lin," Liora murmured, wiping sweat from her forehead, "we've been at this for three hours. We need a break."
"Enemies won't give you breaks," Lin responded automatically, but her heart wasn't really in the reprimand.
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Lin was looking for Liora and Luna throughout the mansion, frustrated after they had managed to escape from her training session using spatial jumps.
