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Astrin was working hard on his training as usual. Having recently been recognized as an adult, he was determined to work hard and finally prove that he was ready to become a knight. Having trained most of his life for it, he was so ready to become a knight that he could almost taste it. He just wanted to accomplish his dream and make everyone proud of him. If he could do that then he would be content with life. Swinging his sword, he sliced one of the dummies he had working with in half, laughing as it fell to pieces unexpectedly.

"Apparently I used too much of my strength," he grinned, leaning down to pick up his fallen dummy. His large, muscular arms easily lifted the heavy dummy back into place, although it was slightly off now that part of it was missing. If he wanted to do anything more he would have to go grab another one.

"I apologize, sir dummy, but I will have to replace you now," he grinned, lifting it up and placing it off to the side where his other dummies he had destroyed were. "Now to go search for another one," he muttered to himself, heading off into the forest.

umming to himself as he walked, Astrin made his way through the forest to find a suitable practice dummy. Usually he tried to find an old stump to use since he would feel bad about cutting into a tree or bush. It took him quite a while to find a dead stump that wasn't rotted, but once he did he went about finding some good limbs to attach to it. Fallen branches always worked well for the limbs, and were never very hard to find.

"This should do nicely," he smiled, admiring his handiwork as he glnaced over his newly created dummy. He enjoyed crafting them into different things, it was just a shame that he broke them so fast.

I guess that's what happens when you practice all of the time.

Quickly making his way back over to the training area, Astrin was very surprised when he saw the bright yellow stallion sitting on his discarded dummies. He had never seen the Ista before, and that worried him more than anything else. Though usually no one wandered around this area, there was always the possibility that bandits could be lurking around every corner.

"Uhm...hello sir? Is there something you needed?" he questioned a little nervously, resting his hand on his blade. He did not want to use a weapon on another mearh, but if it came down to it he was prepared to do just that. He would rather protect others and himself than have another mearh hurt others.

"That is indeed me," the stallion smiled hesitantly, his thumb brushing against the hilt of his blade as he nervously stepped closer. The other Ista confused him profusely with his presence, but there was no real reason for him to worry to much just yet.

"Do you need something, sir? I don't believe we have met, and you don't seem to be a knight of the watch, so why would you want to speak to me?" he questioned curiously.