Training in a forest cave

I had to keep pushing my limits because I never knew what surprises were in store for me each time I entered my moms personal arena. The only thing I was lucky about was the fact she wasn't so cruel as some to use starvation to motivate me. She just used the threat of a few sparing sessions with her to get me pushing myself to avoid the ruthless beat down she would provide without breaking a sweat till she decided I had enough.

Arasinya listened to Xerxan's story on his personal life as a fighter and she tried to relate. "For me in my fighting, my own trainer didn't take me seriously and made my training as blistering and harsh as hell. My body ached for days during this time, but I always aimed to push my limits. Eventually, I exceeded his expectations and I proved myself that a woman is capable to fight alongside men."

"I am almost sure if you take part in a tournament and win you can thank him for being so hard on you so you are prepared." He listens himself to her tale of how her own teacher was rough with her, but nowhere near as rough as his mother was.

Arasinya nods and says, "Yes, I need to win in a tournament. I already feel as if we women are silent enough. We need to take a stand now so we can be part of a world dominated by men." She clenched her fist as she did so, determined to prove her point.

" Just make sure the men know that not all women want to or are fit to be warriors because I can bet a few will try and push them to horrible injuries." He then says " then all your work would be smacked right back in your face with people accusing you of forcing some women to be tested for warrior potential."

Arasinya nodded her head in understanding and say, "Alright...in the meantime, I'll start off slow. I'll help train one woman first before the other. And soon, I'll get a full team committed to the cause."

" Better start with a close friend first that way you won't have to worry about her betraying you just to make you look bad along with discredit you." " Don't hide the fact you are training someone keeping it out in the open will allow a chance of trouble, but it will also prevent others from causing your reputation harm by saying you are plotting to take over."

Arasinya then asked, "What do you mean by that?" She wasn't sure about keeping training out in the open to prevent others from causing harm to her reputation.

"Some of the men will think you are secretly taking enhancement potions along with augmentation spells to permanently power you up then force you through a long list of tests which you can call for yourself if you suspect your opponents are doing the same thing." Unknown to them as they talk a pair of spirits siting in the abyss are glaring more at you then at Xerxan because they are considering you as a further source of corruption while even they don't realize someone else is preparing to summon them back to the mortal plane.

"So you're saying that it's best to keep this training from the light to prevent any misunderstandings." Arasinya tried to make sense of this in order to better her chances with her future teammates and friends.

(Who are these two spirits?)