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When she dodged, Astrayl smile but when she grabbed his arm he frowned. 'She has a good battle sense but her follow up is weak.' Instead of flipping over, Astrayl simple leaned on his back foot and all the muscles in his waist pushed backwards. This caused him to stay balanced and even more stunning, hold Ren in the air with his arm. "A flip on me while I am standing is useless. I will tell you now that the only person who can is my father." With his arm he threw her into the air then stood in a eagle stance. He was bent forward, arms were arched upwards. "Eagle style: hunting ground." His arms looked like they disappeared as he threw kept throwing Ren in the air over and over again after she fell. 'What will you do next, this is a technique that even you should escape.'

((hahaha! Close but not really. It is a actual style in China. It was originally developed for beggars so that they could learn to defend themselves. It was considered to hard to learn by most, so now their are only a few masters of the art. A lot of people, surprisingly, are practitioners today.))

When she landed away, Astrayl turned his body towards her then got into a normal stance, one arm in front the other to the side, legs spread apart. "Empty Spear Lunge!" His temple strained for a split second as he punched at the girl from five feet away. He fist carried such strength that a shock wave attack was sent her way. "We martial artist are not restricted to close combat." He started to do the attack multiple times at her. "This technique was built so that we may have a better chance against bows and arrows. This is a technique that you will learn as well." He opened his fist to show a empty palm. "Empty Spear Palm!" He sent one more shock wave but this one was in the shape of his palm. 'Dodge them all Ren.'

When she was done dodging Astrayl appeared in front of her. "Good, your instincts are developed rather well for someone of your age." Astrayl held out a open palm again but this time he used his palm to strike so fast that even some of the toughest warriors wouldn't even see. He connected the attack with her stomach and sent the girl flying through the air. "Another lesson you will learn. Rotation." While waiting for her to stand up, he began to demonstrate what he just did. "Rotation is key to fighting. It makes attacks faster and land harder." He pushed his palm out slowly but as he did so he made a twisting motion with his arm. "From now on, every time you strike, I want you to make sure you rotate with the attack."

(Sidelines: Marnie vaguely wonders why more of the bear clan's clothes aren't covered in grass stains after training like this....)

((Quote the player in, SKBC, and ask. Also, crying rees_T is taking over both the Ram Whisperer and the Ram apprentice.))

Dragana simply stared at her apprentice. Spirits, but once this girl was properly trained up, she would be a force to be reckoned with. Marnie was going to eventually rival even her master when it came to intelligence. Her people-managing skills needed some polishing and refinement, but if she could somehow convince the old ones that learning the languages of the other spirits was a good idea, she'd be able to convince anyone to do anything!

"I am sure you are right, cousin. Try not to let your imagination run away with you, though. You are not quite ready to bend those spirits to your will just yet."

With a delicate sniff, Dragana sampled the air and smiled. The day was pleasant enough, but the breezes carried a damp, chilly scent. There would perhaps be a little storm tonight, farther up the coast, and it opened up an interesting set of possibilities.

"I am not entirely sure, Marnie. Why don't you find out and tell me? I'd like to know if we'll be needed to intercede."

Her tone indicated that her question was an impromptu test.

"Alright Ren, you have proven yourself as a warrior. That is good, later you must prove yourself to the spirits but again that is later." Without the appearance of movement, five other Astrayl's appeared around Ren. "This technique was one your mother liked to use a lot on me. Sent me for a loop for two years till I finally figured out how to do it." Soon the clones disappeared and Astrayl stood in one of the spots that a clone occupied. "So to recap today." Astrayl got into the stance of the Eagle and soon jumped above Ren. "Hunting Ground!" He sent a barrage of kicks towards Ren.

The Old Bear spirit was already walking across the Dragon Clan's line. He was still really drunk for in his hand was a bottomless cup of wine. "Ahhh *hic* a good glass of wine always make my day better." He tripped and laughed it off before slowly getting back up. "*hic* wow I have to watch my *hic* step. Don't want to forget the message from Astrayl to that dragon lady." Soon the bear was close to the dragon whisperer's estate, coming in almost completely undetected. "Those young spirit *hic* so hasty to look for others that they never look under their noses *hic*." What the bear said wasn't very true, in fact it was the opposite. The old bear was one of the older generations so sliding under spirit sense wasn't very hard for him, at least to those less experienced. If it was a fully grown dragon, well he wouldn't be sliding under it.

Astrayl was caught by surprise when she sent the shockwave. 'I only just showed her the move. Even if it is a ugly shock wave, she still did it on her first try.' Since dodging in the air was impossible for Astrayl currently, he blocked the wave with his hand. 'It is still weak but decent.' When he landed he planted his own feet and pulled one arm back. "Not bad, now take on mine at 20%" His eyes turned white as the muscles in his arm expanded. He pushed forward with a open palm while adding a frighteningly fast rotation. "Buddhist palm shockwave." He sent the attack forward and unlike earlier, it was a spiral palm heading in the girl's direction.

"Congrats Ren." He appeared behind her in a weird stance. Both his arms were to his sides with his legs bend forward and backwards. "Canceling that out on your first try. Not a lot of people could do that." He smiled right as he grabbed her neck and held her in the air. Right before she would be able to do anything else he threw her into the ground with enough force to cause a small crater. "sparing with me is over for the day." He lit a cigarette and placed it in his mouth. "You now get to face some of the other masters I trained with. Although now I could probably kick their asses but its nice to see where a style originally came from." He began to walk towards the exit of the training field.