Someone asked about the students who go looking for trouble because trouble makes them feel alive. Elira answered before anyone else could.
Her voice was calm enough that it sounded like private advice, yet everyone in the room accepted it as policy.
"We will place them where learning to step back matters. Cliffs. Tight paths. Instructors who stay calm.
They need to understand that pulling away from a fight is a skill, not a weakness. Some of them have never learned the difference."
Another instructor leaned forward. He taught battle skills and spoke in short sentences. "And what about the careful ones," he said, "the ones who wait forever before they take a single step. The ones who need permission slips from the ground before they move."
"We will give them routes that open slowly," Veyra said. "Paths that start narrow and grow wider.
