Torion walked into the dormitory, full of pathetic sleeping aspirants. These people from his home world were pathetic. They could barely touch the Hazewall at all, and the largest hole most of them could create was too small to do anything with. Sure, there were a lot of them, but even working together, they were unlikely to be equal to more than one regular hazeshaper.
His footsteps must have woken someone sleeping in the bedroom. That someone stood and saw him, their face turning deathly pale. Did he recognise this person? He couldn't tell for certain. Then suddenly, it struck him, like a hammer to the face. It was Rain!
He stood motionless for a second, unsure what to do. Should he attack? Would she attack? She was standing similarly motionless, no doubt wandering how he had risen. This was a perfect opportunity. He raised his hands and unleashed a torrent of burning Haze. At least, he tried to. He couldn't touch the Hazewall. He had been using it all day, but now he could do nothing! He tried again, but something blocked him. Something almost physical, that felt like his own work. Frustrated and worried, he fled the room.
What had that been? He tried again outside the room where Rain was, just to draw forth a little Haze. Enough for a drop of water. He had no problems doing that, he filled his cupped palms with water just to be sure. Yes, it was fine.
His blood ran cold. Had Rain stopped him from channelling the Haze? He had never thought of that before, but she was incredibly powerful. Had he underestimated her experience? He would have to watch out. She could kill him at any time, again, but if she was so powerful and she had wanted to she would have done so by now. Still, it wasn't worth trying to sleep there. He went off to find somewhere else to rest his head.
When he eventually decided that he should just leave, regardless of what Marrow Tend had said, he found that block in the way again. Sick with worry for his life and with worry that the power he had depended on all this time was failing, he was unable to sleep very well at all that night.
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