"The guards would kill you, just on learning you can grasp Qi. Now tell me, how do you want to practise?"
Well, she had a point. Besides, she suggested it was the best way to develop mental fortitude, i supposed, this was the right training to adopt in these circumstances.
"Fine," I said, resigning, "I'll be in your care."
"Well," Saarya said with a smile, probably enjoying every moment of my stress. "It won't be that bad. I will block a significant portion of the psychological pain from affecting you so that you can have the right amount of training before you can proceed to the next thing."
That calmed me a lot, although I was wrong after we proceeded to the training. Well, it couldn't be called training, not after what I experienced. Even though Saarya assisted, touching my forehead and somehow blocking a significant part of the piercing pain, I barely managed to hold on for five minutes.
