Armin returned to his quarters, emotionless as ever, he went straight to his bed and slept falling into a familiar place, an icy floor greets him and a cold mist, he started feeling comfortable here he enjoyed the cold, he felt a connection to this dream as if it was his and everything in it was his, he sat down on the ice and out of instinct raised his arm, willing the ice to move he did this for several hours he felt a sensation of something leaving his body a power had never felt before, and a tiny crude lump formed on thin ice he was trying to change he felt exhausted and lay down, he rested and tried again, and yet still all he could manage to produce was a simple crude welt of ice to form on the surface.
He awoke to the sound of a knock on the bedroom door, and Avil made his appearance. "It's time for breakfast. Father said I must take you to the dining hall."
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Armin's POV
I followed Avil down many corridors, taking down directions and important rooms such as the library, we walked down a massive flight of stairs and followed a hallway on the left until we reached a double-door entrance way, the doors opened seemingly by them self and we walked in, what lay before my eyes was a grand table with 2 people sitting at it, the roof was an enormous glass dome with vines and plant life growing wildly and freely upon it. beautiful colors gave the room a life more brilliant and enthusiastic than mine had ever been. I walked up to the table and sat down, Nulla nodded in greeting and Leagh was too focused on her food.
"The food will be cold soon, Please help yourself." Nulla pointed to a table full of food I could never have dreamed of, and yet I felt no excitement to try it, I filled my plate enough to fill me and no more. I had less of an appetite than leagh clearly, then again she did eat like a starved gorilla. I ate my food slowly, it was delicious. "Thank you for the meal." I stated dryly.
"Let's talk Armim." Nulla stated as he pulled out his box of cigarettes and pulled on out placing it in his mouth and making it light itself.
"How do you do that Nulla?"
"Do what?"
"Light your cigarrette?"
"Oh, it is nae. natural abilitating energy."
"energy?"
"Yes, nae is the energy that flows everywhere and through everything. we produce this energy as does everything else, just regular people produce a minuscule amount and can not control it."
"Does it make one strong?"
"Control and the ability to produce it is what makes one strong."
"How does one learn to produce and control it?"
"That is a story for our training. But before that, i must ask, Armin you are weak and powerless, you have nowhere and no one. you are alone. And you have every right to stay that way but that means you must leave and never come back, or I can train you and teach you to unlock the potential that resides deep inside of you, we can become your family Armin. It is your choice."
"I will think about it."
a few hours later and with a little direction from avil I found myself in the training grounds face to face with Nulla who was standing in a white button-up and loose long pants with sandaled feet. in his left hand was a wooden sword. His mouth held a cigarette. With a puff of smoke from his mouth he dissapeared before my eyes and a sharp pain was felt on my left thigh.
" the thing about nae, it seems to only show itself when one faces death," Nulla stated coldly.
A bad feeling arose in my mind and I prepared myself for what was about to come, another sharp pain hit me, this time on my jaw making me collapse, my nervous system falling, Nulla continued to beat me until I was struggling to breathe, a steady stream of blood poured out my nose and blood tricked down my bruised and battered body, I could feel my limbs starting to fail and my organs suffering internal damage, this man was cruel and yet so strong i could not even see him hit me, I was close to death, Nulla appeared before me, my blood soaked his once white shirt. "Alright good job hanging in Armin, I'm sure your body knows that unless it uses nae it can not recover and you will die. That means that the presence of nae will flow to protect you, find it Armin, and use it. Flow it towards your injuries and will it to heal them. If you can't you won't survive."
I closed my eyes and focused, trying to feel this energy. I remembered my dream, and the power I felt leave my body, I attempted to feel that once more willing it to occur, and that it did a familiar power made its way through my body, it was cold and yet comforting as if it was a part of me, I directed it to my internal injuries and repaired them one by one. Slowly Death's grip on me loosened more and more. I moved on to my other injuries all getting repaired quickly. A few minutes later I opened my eyes to see an orange sunset sky. how?
Nulla appeared again in new clothes, "How do you feel Armin?"
"Tired."
"Too bad, sit up and focus. Try to circulate that energy throughout your body."
I did so, I sat up and closed my eyes trying to feel that energy once more. It took a little while but I eventually felt something, I attempted to grasp it but failed, I tried again and again, and eventually, the energy started to move ever so slightly to my will.