3 weeks later.
Ning, Saphandra, and Trevain were on a ship that belonged to the First Bond academy. Along with 22 other students and a few faculty members, they were on their way to the Forbidden Island.
They were already out onto the ocean but were staying inside due to the thunder and lightning that was outside.
The beasts tugged on the ship below and even through the rain and lightning, the ship continued moving on.
The headmaster was inside telling everyone what they should do inside to have a spiritual bond with the spirits.
"Be extremely respectful," the headmaster said. "Even if they look like they have no intelligence, I promise you they do. Not only are most of them fully sentient, but under extreme conditions, some can also even grow to be sapient."
"Gale here is almost sapient. Had he stayed in the Forbidden realm for another 60 or so years, I'm sure he would have been fully sapient," the headmaster said.
