Brynn's training regimen was a work of art. Three phases, precisely structured, with progressions mapped out week by week in handwriting so careful it was obvious she'd spent hours on it.
Morning: body cultivation. Qi circulation drills, physical conditioning, meridian reinforcement. Two hours.
Afternoon: elemental drills. Cycling through all four paths with emphasis on combat-applicable techniques. Three hours.
Evening: meditation. Deep qi consolidation, spiritual awareness, breath work. One hour.
Katarina lasted exactly one day on Brynn's schedule before she rewrote it.
"What is this?"
Brynn was holding Katarina's revised schedule. Her yellow eyes moved across the page with the expression of someone reading their own autopsy report.
"I optimized it."
"You cut my morning session in half."
