While Remi and the others were grilled about the logistics of the Alchemy Hall, the girls from Cara's class were deep in the training ground, being led through mock combat by a Jackalope who was taking far too much pleasure in their suffering.
"Come on now, girls. You can do it. Just keep casting. Pushing through exhaustion builds character as fast as it builds your mana pool. Just look at the Elves over there on the shoreline. See how fast they've grown?
Oh, you didn't know them before, did you?
Never mind.
But look how hard they're training. They've learned the value of the effort, and they don't even need to be pushed to do their best.
I know that the teachers like to let you slack off in class, but we can't do that here.
If you want, I can call a more strict and scary teacher to help motivate you. I know that being yelled at by a bunny isn't all that motivational."
