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guys, i'm telling you now that this entire season confused the crap out of me, so i'm trying my hardest. But things will probably be inaccurate, confusing, or rushed.
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IVY WAS IN THE SAME CLASS AS CHILDREN. She, Octavia, Echo, Diyoza, and Hope had missed everything all of the other trainees had been learning since they were born, so the five women had to go back to the basics.
Anders paced back and forth in front of the class, five children and five adults, with a welcoming smile on his face. His eyes scanned the faces of his students, sliding across the younger ones that he knew would know the answer. "I understand you have learned a lot about the shepherd's journey. Who can tell me about Etherea? Hmm."
"The mountain was very tall and very scary, but the shepherd was brave and wise," one of the young girls answered.
"Excellent. Who else can tell me something about the shepherd's journey to enlightenment?" Anders inquired, and Ivy was genuinely so confused because she had never heard anything like that stuff before. These kids were outperforming her, but she never did well in class anyway. "What passage do we have in our books about it? Sean."
An anxious expression passed over Sean's face, making it clear that he did not know how to respond. Ivy wanted to reach over and pat him on the back because that had been her every time the teacher called on her in school. "I — I don't know."
"Sometimes when new things happen, we get nervous. We have feelings we need to learn to control," Ms. Haggerman, another teacher, explained. "Otherwise—"
"They control us," cut in a girl, a kiss ass who had been answering every single question with a smug, I'm-better-than-everyone grin across her face.
Ms. Haggerman nodded, but all of the other students just rolled their eyes at the girl, who had sitting on the front of her seat with her back straight. "But when we feel out of control, we know what to do. Perhaps we'll have the honor of Mr. Anders leading us in our exercise."
"My pleasure. Okay. Close your eyes. Everyone," Anders told them, and Ivy hesitantly let her eyes flicker closed. He instructed, "Now... take a deep breath. Hold it and let it out slowly on the count of three."
