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As soon as Yoos disappeared into the building, all movement on the training ground

stopped, as if time itself had stopped. The crowd breathed a sigh of relief through a few dozen of healthy men’s throats. Weapons fell onto the ground followed by the exhausted guards.

But as I approached the poor squad, the blades on my belt caught their eyes, and the huge mass of human bodies on the ground seemed to come back to life. Then I heard a familiar voice right near me, “What is that you got there?”

I lowered my eyes – Visar, breathing heavily, was getting up coming closer, as his eyes seemed to be glued to my waist.

“Can I have a look?”

“Sure, please,” I handed him one of the blades.

He took it, looked from all the sides around, played throwing it from one hand to the other trying the balance, gave a closer look, and then his eyebrows jumped up.

“Is that Star Ore?” he exclaimed. “Wow! There were a couple of carts robbed last week. Was it you?”

The guy hooted with laughter pleased with his own joke. As for me, I just looked at him expressing total indifference and holding my arms folded, thus showing that it was not at all funny.

“Where is Star Ore?” I could hear voices from behind. A few guys jumped up and were already next to me. I knew many of them pretty well.

They had taken me as a friend rather soon, which came as no surprise – for over a month then we had been sweating side by side through the assault course and collecting all the bruises and cuts that were coming. I think Yoos was never bothered by the fact I was a girl.

During that time, the guys had more than a few chances to witness my shame. They would often laugh and crack jokes, yet always in a friendly and somewhat kind way. They all remembered their own bruises and misfortunes after the first workouts, so nobody appeared arrogant. Besides, the guards often asked me to take messages to their families in Karun. And I tried to never refuse their requests. They, in turn, helped me through my training with their practical and timely advice.