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After a few letters of correspondence with another student Orpheus was ready to get this class under way. He was careful with the way he set up his classes, didn't want to see any of his students get hurt but for this class he was being extra careful. That was why he had called for Chath to join them today. Chath had the ability to breath under water and Orpheus suspected that Kliken either could do the same or he could hold his breath for extended periods of time... as he didn't know which he wanted to be as careful as possible with this particular class. The idea of putting a child in risk wasn't one he wanted so there were going to be a lot of rules to go along with this particular class.

Now he just had to wait for his student and his helper to arrive. The class was being held in the evening hours at request of Kliken's mother, it would seem she could only come at night and wanted to be present for this class. Not that he blamed her given what they were doing. He checked the clock on the wall before giving a little jump when the door to the room opened up.

Lucrecia Belladona, her son Kliken, and a rather strange looking dragon came walking into the room. While the first two looked around the room in surprise and awe, after all they'd just walked into a room that looked like a field with a pool in it, the third went shuffling forward at a rapid pace wanting to inspect the extraordinary room he'd entered. It wasn't to long before there was a great 'SPLASH' that indicated Tural had entered the pool.

Kliken flushed a bit, looking in that direction before walking over to the teacher with his mother, "H-Hello again." He greeted the man, "S-Sorry about T-Tural he gets e-excited." He thought that explaining the actions of the Cruzoor would make it alright that he'd gone diving into the pool without asking.

Orpheus gave him a smile and a nod, "Its nice to see you again Kliken. Don't worry about your dragon, he is alright swimming for now." He assured the boy before turning to Lucrecia, "Its nice to meet you as well, I was quite happy to see your name added to the information on Kliken's files."

The woman nodded, lowering a hand to ruffle Kliken's out of control hair, "I thank you for taking care of him in his last class, he's told me about the fun he had learning to swim. Its one of his favorite things to do with Tural."

"I am glad to hear that, we will be starting the class soon once my helper arrives."

Orpheus turned first, seeing Chath with a Black dragon and for a moment was a little worried about the smaller dragon... then realised that Keir seemed to have no interest in him he turned his attention to the newt, "Not late at all, thank you for helping out today. This is Kliken and his mother Lucrecia."

Lucrecia gave the newt her best smile, "You have my thanks for helping out my son." She murmured, reaching out to ruffle Chath's hair, "Since he's here I will go and take a seat so you can get started." With that the woman moved off to find herself somewhere to sit that would be out of way but where she could still see all that was going on.

Kliken watched his mother go before turning to look up at the much taller, much older boy and looked a bit unsure of himself. It was just a swimming class but still, this boy was sure to be a lot better at it being older, "H-Hello." He greeted him when he was able to find his voice, "I-Its nice to m-meet you." He hated sounded so nervous but it always seemed to happen around new people.

In the pool the Cruzoor did a couple laps in the water, enjoying the pool and all that it had to offer. When Tural surfaced it caught scent of another dragon and he moved to the edge of the pool, lifting his forefeet up to catch hold of the side of the pool. He lifted his head up to sniff at the air trying to determine what it was that he smelled exactly... but it was no dragon like he'd ever caught wind of before... not that the list of dragons it had seen was a long one.

Kliken gazed at Chath in surprise when the older boy started to talk to him and he nodded rapidly, "Y-Yes! T-Tural and I s-swim a lot together." He explained to Chath. The leech boy was a bit excited now, that he got to talk to someone older then him like this, it made him feel important somehow... a part of him was still far to used to being an observer instead of a participant so this sort of thing still felt new to him.

"A-And... umm... w-what about you? D-Do you l-like to swim?" He asked of Chath.

Orpheus was for the moment quiet, allowing his students to interact while he took down a couple of notes on his clipboard. It seemed a good idea that he brought in another student he thought to himself, Kliken had done well in the swimming class after getting used to the other students there and he hoped for a repeat performance here.

Tural blinked a couple times, his eyes went impossibly wide, and he sank not only back into the water but under the water as well. His mind connected Keir's scent then with danger of being eaten... he also made a mental note to stay far, far away from that scent and those who had it. The Cruzoor made sure to put the length of the pool between himself and the scary Black dragon before he crawled out and shuffled over to where Lucrecia was sitting.

The Cruzoor knew he couldn't go to Kliken when he was having a class so he would go to the next best person for protection.

The woman lifted a hand to stroke it over Tural's damp head in a soothing manner, looking over at the large dragon that had spooked the hatchling but said nothing. Instead she merely gave Keir a smile and continued to try to sooth the baby.

Kliken tilted his head to the side as he looked at the red spots that the newt was talking about before he gave a nod, "I-I'm a... a l-leech." He murmured, a little embarrassed by his DNA since it didn't really seem as interesting as a the others he'd seen.

Orpheus gave a nod of his head, "Yes, once your ready we can start the class." He said, motioning to the pool, "Kliken today we are going to be working on a skill that we need to take slowly and carefully, to assure that you stay safe while learning."

The leech's blue eyes went wide in surprise before he gave a nod, "O-Ok." He whispered, worried now about what they were doing if his teacher needed both a helper in the class and to give warnings before hand.

"For now how about we get in the water and get used to it and we can start the class."

Kliken hurried after the newt and hopped from the water, sinking into it up to his chin before turning to look at the teacher to see what they were going to be doing.

Orpheus walked over after his two students were in the water and then sat down on the edge of the pool, "Alright, this is what we are doing today. I was watching you in the last class Kliken and after a while I got to thinking that you might be able to breath underwater."

Kliken tilted his head to the side, "I can?" He asked, sounding rather in awe of the idea that he might be able to do something as interesting as that."

The red haired teacher nodded, "That is why Chath is here, he can do the same so I am going to have you work with him today. Once your ready just head under the water, I will be watching. The most important thing right now Kliken is for you to be careful, not to push yourself. You might be able to water breath or you might be able to just hold your breath for an extended amount of time."

"O-Ok." He said, looking between his teacher and the student teacher before he sunk under water.

Kliken sat at the bottom of the pool and looked over at Chath who was giving him a thumbs up. He couldn't help but smile as he saw that, it was a reassuring motion for when neither could actually say anything to the other. He wondered... how he would know if he could breath under water. He hadn't really noticed in his last swimming class that he was doing anything special when he was under water, he had just been so fascinated in watching Drez swim around under water was all.

For the moment he seemed to be lost in thought and didn't seem to realize that he was sitting there, under water, without the need to surface for a breath. It just... didn't occur to him.

Kliken turned, watching the way the newt swam around him and then took the gesture as meaning something else. He wondered if it meant he was supposed to follow him? The leech tilted his head to the side causing his hair to float in all directions before he pushed off the bottom of the pool to follow after Chath. The newt seemed very nice, it made him rather happy that an older student would take time out of his day to help like this.

Orpheus was standing over the water, watching the pair and kept repeatedly checking the clock. It was curious, watching the pair of them as they remained underwater without a need to breath. What a nice skill that would be, useful too he bet. He was quiet, not wanting to disturb them but did keep watch.

So far, so good.

Kliken did his best to keep up but it seemed he was at a bit of a disadvange without a cool tail like Chath had... he continued to try to follow though, giving a little smile when older boy ruffled his hair. This was fun he thought to himself, more so when he realized that he was getting to play with someone a lot older then he was. It made him feel lucky and a bit special... though he worried a little that Chath was only playing with him because he had to, as part of the helping out in class...

The negative thought was shoved away and ignored as he wanted to keep playing, not worrying like he did far to often as it was.

Orpheus checked the clock then his students, giving a bit of a smile. Yes, this was going really well. No mishaps at all and the pair seemed to be having fun. He would give them a little more time before he called them up, might as well be a round number.