Noah looked at her for a moment. Then he gestured to an open post.
He walked her through it the same way he walked everyone through it. The concept first. What the technique was actually doing and why. Then the mechanics. Then he demonstrated once, the sound of it distinct and clean, and watched her process it.
She tried it.
First attempt, nothing special. She hit it the way someone hit something they were unfamiliar with, too much surface, force spreading out instead of going through.
"Again," Noah said. "Think about a point inside the post. That's what you're hitting."
She tried again.
Closer.
Seraleth had drifted over from her group. She watched Le'anna's third attempt, then her fourth, then on the fifth when the sound changed slightly Seraleth tilted her head.
"There," Seraleth said. "You felt that."
Le'anna looked at the post. Then at her hand. "Yes."
"Again," Seraleth said.
