Before The Fall (origins)

Target Practice

"This is much better than last night."

"I'm sure it is. Your head swelled, I swear it did."

"It wasn't my fault that someone left me upside down till MORNING."

"Still sour about that, are you. I did save some stew for you. And you made a new friend. What's his name again?"

"Richard."

"Sorry, couldn't hear that."

"Richard!"

"Richard the Boar."

"Richard the Alpha Boar."

"Ooh scary."

"Don't make me make him impale you again. It went right through last time."

"Try me. I'll just heal."

"Sure you will."

"Actually, I'm not sure. I don't know the limitations of my healing. Can I do it repeatedly? Is there a reset period? What's the cost of doing it? So many questions."

"Wanna let me help you answer them?"

"Just focus on today's training please."

"Which is? You spent twenty minutes sitting on a tree sipping stew. You didn't explain anything."

"Repeat what you did last night on a smaller scale. Just make a ball of whatever it is and hold it for as long as you can."

"Make a ball?"

"Like how I fire my Rei blasts. Focus your Rei into a ball and hold it."

"Shouldn't be too hard, seeing why I did last night."

"Slurp. Sorry couldn't hear you. Slurp. Such good stew. Slurp. Too bad this is all that's left. Hey, that's pretty good. Quite dense. Quite aimed at my face. Ah shit."

WHOOSH! BAM!!

"Not bad. A substantial bang and a fair area if impact. Just next time not at my head."

BAM!!

"I swear a pattern is emerging."

"Damn straight it is."

BAM!!

"This is turning into target practice already."

"Aw, you noticed?"

"Hey that's not fair! You can't fire-"

BAM!! BAM!! BAM!!

"Three. That last one nicked me!"

"That's nothing compared to what this one is gonna leave on you."

"Oh. This was a bad idea."

"So was leaving me hanging on that tree!"

BOOOM!!!