"Lets go our separate ways for now... this might be weird for me to say but since I'm younger than you, I'll wait for you to grow up I guess? No I mean like- sort yourself out, your kind of a mess" he sighed as he pointed towards his room in another part of the palace "I'm going to start packing, once your done with your thing, maybe come and visit me at Khawlok when you sort things out"
Lucas was left alone in front of the garden with just his thoughts "So he's forbidding me from meeting him after our 3 years doing our jobs?" But what bothered him more than that was how he was told to think, to think about what he really wanted to do with his life
[Lucas : Things... are so much harder with Yael gone] Is this what they mean when they say "ignorance is bliss"? Lucas felt that remembering and knowing about his past only made life harder for him, and with Yael gone as well... he dosen't know what to do anymore
Back then he would just follow her around since he was an amnesiac, it was the perfect excuse. Now that he had inadvertently caused her death, he was left confused at why he chose Elena over her
[Lucas : Did I make the right choice? ... sure she did all that to me, but she was still a kid] He rubbed his stressed eyes as he traced around the garden's entrance [Lucas : No, what she did was inexcusable even for a child... but her up brining could have affected her, her dad did participate in human trafficking...] These thoughts were all new to him, he used to just go along with Yael and Karter
But out of the corner of his eye, he saw what could be the answer to everything. It was Elena, she was practicing the skills he taught her from before
[Lucas : Maybe if I talk to her everything would become clearer... she makes me feel more comfortable somehow]
"Ugh!" Elena said as she fell backwards onto the ground, around her were numerous training dummies, some in more worse condition than others "What's wrong with me?" She said whilst standing up and dusting off the dirt and grass from her clothes
"Do you need some help Ms Elena?"
"Oh! Hello Captain!" Elena bowed down to greet her teacher and now superior "She had also been informed of her new job "You dont have to put the Ms in front of my name anymore, to be honest you never had to put a Ms in front, you were my teacher after all!"
"Ah, then I will address you by just your name then if that's what your more comfortable with" Lucas said as he approached her closer "Were you having problems?" he looked towards the training dummies, wondering what she was doing
"Oh that! I'm practicing one of my skills from before... I was able to mold my powers into the size of a tiny pebble and shoot it at my target, but recently I find myself unable to control my powers for some reason..." Elena informed Lucas in a dejected voice, wondering if she was doin something wrong, or was she only able to do it under extreme circumstances?
"Hmmm, it's hard for me to fully understand. Can you try and do it again?" Lucas said scratching his chin, his student had a serious problem after all
[Lucas : This is trouble, if Elena is unable to use her powers anymore it could be caused by her troubled mental state due to that incident] Yes this was a thing, unfortunately people sometimes were unable to use their wind or fire powers after a traumatic event
"Alright Captain!" She said as she readied herself and got into a stabled stance with her knees slightly bent
Lucas nodded his head, but something weird was happening in his chest, or his heart? It happened as soon as the words "Captain" left Elena's mouth, but Lucas decided to dismiss this feeling for now and started observing his student