Sky yawned as he stretched in the middle of the forest. He still hadn't gotten used to waking up early and struggled to get out of bed. It didn't help that he had been forced to sleep outside the town in a makeshift bed in the forest.
"Glad to see you're awake." Prometheus said as he joined Sky, completely dressed up.
"I don't think you can call that awake!" Jennifer snorted from behind a tree.
"WHO'S FAULT DO YOU THINK THAT IS!!" Sky roared, causing some birds from a nearby tree to fly away.
Prometheus smiled. "Now, now Sky… we must respect a ladies wishes… no matter how inconveniencing they may be." Prometheus whispered.
BONK! A rock bounced off the head of Prometheus. "I HEARD THAT!!!" Jennifer shouted.
Sky yawned again remembering what happened the day before.
***
"VULCAN IS FROM HERE?!?!?" Jennifer shot up from the couch.
Bjorn looked at her and snorted. "The one 'success' this town produced." Bjorn pointed back to the door between the dining and kitchen.
"The pipes that run through this town as well as the contraption on the volcano were all made by him before he left for the stronghold." He explained.
Jennifer slumped down onto the sofa, her eyes trembling in surprise.
"Was Vulcan a dwarf too?" Sky asked.
Bjorn nodded and stared at Sky as if he was waiting for something.
Sky smiled. "That must've been cool!" He laughed.
Prometheus smiled as he closed his eyes and relaxed as Jennifer turned and looked at the innocent face of Sky, beaming at the thought of being a dwarven child of a god. Bjorn stared in surprise at the comment. "FAFAFAFAFAFAFAFAFAFAFA!!!!" He started laughing loudly.
He continued for quite some time before finally wiping the tears that had come out of his eyes and calming himself down. "You're a strange one aren't you?" He looked at Prometheus who nodded along.
"Sadly, that same volcano is his grave, rather his gravestone..." The mood changed with the few words spoken by Bjorn.
Sky nodded and turned around to the direction of the volcano before realizing a wall stood in the way of the view and turning back. The silence was interrupted by Prometheus' clap. "Now then, shall we wrap things up and head to bed, it's already gotten quite late and Sky has a lot of training to do." He cleared the air.
"I won't be doing any training… My only job was to come and watch Sky and seeing that you're quite fond of him I'll leave that to you Prometheus." Kronos said as he got up and made way upstairs.
"And I won't be living in this house full of all you men, seeing as Sky is my student, he and I will be sleeping in the woods!" Jennifer got up.
"What?" A blank expression sat on Sky's face.
She turned around to face him. "I am going to be sleeping in the woods, but you cannot leave a beautiful young lady unguarded so you will be coming with me and acting as a guard." She stomped her foot. "This will also serve as great night training for you."
"I refuse!" Sky pouted, "We have a nice house here, Why do we have to stay in the woods?"
"BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO STAY INDOORS WITH THESE FILTHY PRIMAL MONKEYS!!" Jennifer shouted back. Her hands and lips were trembling as she struggled to keep her composure. Her eyes started glistening, signaling that tears would follow any second now.
Prometheus saw the subtle hints and sighed. "Sky, do what she says, after all she is your teacher for now." Prometheus watched as Sky stared at him, mouth wide open to which he responded with a helpless shoulder shrug.
***
"Now then, let's begin our training!" Jennifer emerged from behind the large tree, after she had finished wiping herself down with a wet towel that Bjorn had lent them last night.
"Sky, now that you can produce your powers, spread them across your body and imagine them as an extension of you rather than some foreign ability..." Jennifer explained as Prometheus raised an eyebrow.
Sky relaxed and imagined his mother. WHAM!! The high returned, slowly he opened his eyes to see lightning dancing around his body.
Prometheus smiled as he leaned forwards. "Interesting… very, very interesting…." His eyes widened at the sight.
Sky then tried to imagine the high being a part of his body, an everyday sensation. BOOOM!!!! He flew backwards.
Jennifer smiled. "It's not easy, NOW TRY AGAIN!" She shouted.
***
Kronos groggily rose out of the makeshift bed that Bjorn had made for him upstairs and found his way down. He could hear hammering from behind the metallic door and decided he would not disturb Bjorn and made his way outside, unexcited for the day that awaited him.