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Freya waves a hand, "Psht, knowing him he is probably either still fighting the people there, or he is done and is now really busy listening to himself be pompous. As far as how my brother teaches goes, we each have our different methods. What he is doing will take decades. What I am doing will take as long as a week depending on your daughters pace. You saw it earlier right, the shadow realm? Time there moves five times more quickly than it does here. What was five minutes for you was almost a half an hour for Trinity and I. I'm sorry if I gave the impression that it was only going to take two more sessions. If she can manage that I will gladly hand her the title of strongest shadow wielder right now, but it wouldn't be very safe."

"Y'see Mrs. Smith, what I am doing is allowing her to relieve my training and experiences through my eyes. Sort if like that Vulcan mind meld s**t. Everything she sees and does will be retained in her mind and muscles."

Freya shakes her head and swallows what's in her mouth. "I'm not gonna turn your daughters brains to mush. She is not only seeing things through my eyes, but experiencing my emotions as well. Also, the purpose of this training isn't to make her mature as an adult by screwing up and learning from it, it's to instill the fighters spirit, the inner fire, the eye of the tiger. Even if she never faces old lightning jerk again, she can only go so far with shadow manipulation. She needs to build a strong body as well as a strong mind. Gidget told me that she passed out after summoning a shadow fiend. By the time she is done with me, she wont even break a sweat."

"Mrs. Smith, I can see why you are concerned. I know I don't look like the most responsible, or hell, even sane person on the planet. But I haven't lived for over fifty years by dumb luck. Don't they say that it is wise to learn from the experiences of your elders?"

Freya wipes her mouth off and waves dismissively, "No need to apologize, it happens all the time. As far as how she is going to retain it, it all has to do with muscle memory. As she is going through my experiences, they will leave an imprint. This imprint will be recalled subconsciously. I'd say by tomorrow she will be able to disable a full grown man, in 10 seconds or less, with her bare hands. Teshou and I share training this way a lot since we've obtained our shadow powers. New experiences, new things to learn. The only thing that is holding him back is his unwillingness to adapt and change from the ways of our fore-fathers. I don't see that in your daughter. She's a real spitfire, and you should be very proud of her."

Lily continued to keep her mind linked with Annie's, though the girl seemed to have a pretty good hold on it. The flash of the location of lev went through Annie's mind, along with the phrase he had said "I'm going down" she knew the information would come to a good find to Annie, but she couldn't keep the link any longer. She could sense something was wrong...Very wrong...

annie... Are you going to be okay without knowing what he is planning for a few? I'm about to die. she tried to retain some sarcasm in her voice as it echoed into Annie's head, after all she wouldn't be Lily without her optimistic sarcasm. Sure, dieing was a bad thing, but keeping people alive would be better... Right?

Sighing, Lily had to know what was going on... She knew which door would link into Ero's mind, after all she'd been in it before, thinking she had died... So, she focused on the door, and it opened, just as she done with Lev and Annie, she now did with herself and Ero's, keeping all three links open yet separated, which required a lot of concentration, and the start of a terrible headache.

As she focused her mind, which was now working much like a computer, having to intake all information while keeping the pages separate, she wouldn't want someone getting the wrong message. She peeked in on Ero's mind. Gulping, she could see Rod and Alix..She growled to herself, it was time to wake up. It was too dangerous to keep the link at this moment, but she could bring it back at any time.

Returning her focus back on Annie, her voice came through the girls mind once again. I'm sorry Annie! I'll be MIA for a few... Crazy monster chasing me!! and with that her eyes opened wide.

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Lily smiled as she looked up at Ero's, so he had found her after all. Though they where running, and she could hear the faint sound of feet scraping the ground behind her, leaning her head back she saw Alix, her dark eyes instantly got colder. She hoped he would have died, but apparently she wasn't that lucky. Then behind Alix was a very pissed off Rod..

"Um.. Maybe you should fly now?" she indicated her head toward the window, knowing that it was a dangerous suggestion, but they surely couldn't get pass Rod any other way. At least this way they could get to the roof or something and think of a plan... And maybe she could get Ero's to drop Alix right on his head. The thought made her smirk a bit, even though it was sinister.

Mrs. Smith still felt uneasy that her daughter would have the ability to kill. Yet she looks toward Freya and could tell that she would teach her to kill in self defense and not in cold blood, unlike Lev. "No, I guess I don't have any... further ... questions."

Trinity stops looking, thinking that perhaps she would run into Gidget later. "I was wondering... when would I be able to help the others?"

Hearing this from her daughter did ease Mrs. Smith quite a bit. Trinity probably wouldn't let herself kill in cold blood.

Although Trinity would love to help as soon as tomorrow, going through all of that in such a short amount of time would be another question entirely. In a sense she wanted to confront Lev to some degree, for preventing her and her family from going home. On the other hand to her it wouldn't be a big deal to her if she did not handle him personally, perhaps her chance would arise further down the road.

"Well, I guess we'll have to see how long I can take it. I will let you know if I feel to worn out to go on."

With that mother and daughter take their trays and put the trays away. A shelf with where all the other trays and plates were collected.

"Good luck with your training sweetheart. Freya, please don't push her too hard." Mrs. Smith said as she hugs her daughter and wishes them farewell as she heads back to her room.

Trinity looks to Freya with a raised eyebrow with a sort of "now what?" expression.

Trinity's eyes widen as she experienced the whole thing. It started like a head rush, or a eye squinting freeze ache coming. As the training went by she felt the strains of training some of which were pushing her limits. She started to sense familiarity with taijutsu and began to get used the sensations she was feeling. Her mind was beginning to grow tired she would not be able to go much further without resting, yet she wanted to continue. She wanted to absorb as much as she could. She wanted to help the others and stop being helpless, she reached her limit and wanted to wake up.

During the final five seconds, she struggles to hang in there. Her body makes a tight fist with her right hand but unfolded quickly, her consciousness, was lost. She was able to grasp what happened in the last 5 seconds as everything blacks out. The link was disconnected. Blood trickles from her nose.