"I'm glad that I'm short." Wade spoke softly as Bob held his head. Lancrael didn't speak but he nodded in agreement. It was soon after that the group of 57 children gathered in a semi-circle around the woman so as to better observe and listen to her.
The courtyard was clear of fog despite the rising of the sun in the sky. Upon further observation fog could be seen at the edges of the courtyard swirling upwards and back into itself. Anything past the fog was obscured so Lancrael gave up on looking further.
The woman hadn't said anything as she started coldly at the black haired boy until he finally was watching her. Everyone else breathed a sigh of relief as she finally spoke. "Today I will show you how to exercise your bodies and you will practice the motions. Every day after that the fog in the lower chamber will clear in the morning allowing you to come here. After that you begin and continue your education. Watch closely."
With that she fell face first to the dirt before catching herself and pushing of the ground. She did this three times before pushing one final time and stood with out bending her knees. "Now you do the same." She commanded.
The children spread out to give each other more room and began to push up from the ground. "We will do this until everyone can do at least three pushups." The woman stated.
"Keep your back straight and come up with your whole body. Keep your shoulders straight to prevent cramping. Keep your hands shoulder length apart and make sure they are level with each other. You are going to far down, and you are not going far enough." The woman went up and down the line correcting any mistakes she saw.
"Good get up." She said as the last child finally completed three pushups in a row with proper posture. "As you get used to the exercise moving your hands together will increase the difficulty but work out more of your body."
The woman then fell down the ground once more catching herself as she did; then, pushing off the ground, she clapped before moving her hands closer together. She do this three times until she eventually made it to the 'diamond' push up, and finally pushed off the ground standing straight without bending the knees or stepping forward.
Lancrael marveled at this because he could barely do three pushups with perfect posture. He didn't have much time to marvel because she then proceeded to show them another exercise. "This next exercise is simple, just as the last one, but when you start off you will need help to perform it."
She laid down on the ground flat before raising her knees up, feet flat on the ground, and with her hands behind her head sat up. Her elbows touched her knees before she came down slowly, not quickly, slowly.
After a woman completed the exercise three times she stood up from her sitting position without stepping forward or relying on anything within her reach. "Just as in the last exercise, most of the games will be coming from when you come back down if you come down slowly. You will notice burning as you come up but that is not where most the games come from. These games are referring to are physical fitness that you will need for the rest of your life."
The black haired boy listen intently as she spoke already having two partners in mind to help him out with this exercise. Turning his left he found Wade already starting at him. Bob made his way down the line and saw Wade failing with great effort. But nothing happened. He couldn't come up even once.
The woman stopping in front of Wade said, "If you can not come properly adjust yourself to to sit up with your elbows touching your knees and come back down slowly. You will eventually build enough strength to come up." Then walked to the next group.
"Come up straight and not for the side. Stop grabbing the air like you can pull your self up and sit up." The woman spoke clearly so everyone could hear.
Wade did as the woman said adjusted himself before coming down slowly. He body shuddered slightly more with each repetition and readjusted himself to get back up. It looked miserable because it was and he was.
"Now switch." The woman commanded with a sharp tone to which the children obeyed. Both Wadlen and Lancrael held on to Bobenetous' feet. Unlike with Wade, Bob could come up, but sometimes Lancrael or Wadlen would come up too. Both boys kept their eyes down in the dirt because it was better than looking up Bob's tunic.
"Okay, your turn Lance." Bob said flat on his back forearm resting on his forehead. Lancrael didn't answer but got into position as Wade reclined on the black haired boy's feet. Lancrael put effort into the first sit up and made it before coming down slowly. However, the second attempt didn't have the same power as the first, and he fell before coming all the way up.
Copying Wade, Lancrael held the ground below to support himself in getting up and came down slowly. The boy didn't have much time to get used to it before the Woman clapped her hands loudly and everyone's attention snapped to her. "Get up. We be begin the next exercise."
The children returned to their places with Bob running to his. The woman followed his form and continued when he stopped. "For the next exercise you will need a partner of similar height and weight as your self. You will do as follows." She the squatted and came back up.
"You will be back to back as you come down because it teach you to keep your back straight. Your knees are not to come forward enough to pass your toes and your feet are to be shoulder length apart. Understood?"
"""Yes ma'am.""" The children said in unison.