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I gingerly take a cup of tea and sit down, cross-legged, next to Krin. I look at the tea, wondering what it's made of.

Krin and Neeché:
Nothing seems all that odd about the tea. It is red in color and has a subtle, fruity aroma. If there is any poison in it, I must be odorless.

Everyone:
Ore-ore, Tekira, and Lyv all follow suit, grabbing a cup of the tea and sitting near you three. Once all of the students are seated, the Mentor stands in front of everyone and speaks once more. "Alright, so now, I would like you all to close your eyes, drink the tea, and relax. Focus on my voice, but try to clear your mind of other thoughts. Imagine you are in a black void... all that exists is my voice, and your body..." He says in a soothing, slow voice. Naturally, many of the students are hesitant to do so for a bit, but you do notice Lyv doing as instructed without hesitation.

I take a sip of the tea and close my eyes. I do my best to block out the images of that night and of the horrors I've seen on Innistrad. My facial expression shows the fact that it's hard for me to not think of it all.

Everyone:
The tea is a bit of a mixture of flavors. You can tell it was brewed with a mixture of herbs that give a bit of a bitter taste to the tea, but it is balanced out by the sweet taste of honey and sugar that has been added to it.

Krin:
The tea's warmth is fairly relaxing to you, but you can already feel the herbs in it staring to affect you, making your body relax in a way that makes it almost feel numb, making it extremely easy to ignore your body and focus entirely on the meditation. Consequently, you don't have any trouble focusing and you find it easy to empty your mind.

Neeché:
The warm temperature of the tea is relaxing to begin with, but you can also feel something in the tea is making your body relax as well. Despite how much the horrors of that night occupy your mind, you find it easy enough to block it out and clear your mind.

Mystra:
The tea's warm temperature is relaxing as expected, but otherwise you can't seem to feel anything special from it yet. Your Sylvari connection to nature and other creatures makes it quite hard for you to focus solely on yourself, yet even with these distractions, you are still at least able to envision the void as instructed.

Everyone:
The Mentor continues to speak in a calming voice. "Remain relaxed and control your breathing. Breathe in through your nose, out through your mouth. Do not concern yourself with trivial matters. All you need to focus on is my voice, and yourself. Listen to your heartbeat and envision the blood flowing through yourself. Focus on the flow and attune yourself to it's rhythm."

I do as The Mentor directs, imagining the flow of my blood from my heart to each part of my body.

Krin:
You are still able to keep yourself focused. You are able to envision the way your blood is flowing through your body, but you start to feel some other sensation you've never felt before...as if some kind of energy was flowing along in tandem with your blood.

Neeché:
As you try to focus, the visions of your werewolf transformation flood back into your mind. Despite still being in your human form, you feel the desire to hunt and to kill rising up within you.

Mystra:
You easily attune yourself to flow of energy throughout your body. You can feel the familiar flow of magical energy throughout your body as well as another form of energy flowing along with it. But this feeling isn't confined to your body. You can even feel this energy coming from the ground and plants around you.

Everyone:
"Mana flows through your body the same way that blood does." The Mentor continues. "Keep the vision of that flow in your mind and focus on it. Slow down your breathing and try to slow down the flow at the same time."

My breathing starts to become erratic for a moment as this desire fills me. I force it down as best I can and try to control my breathing again, trying to slow it down.