"Not good enough. I want your oath on your element," Pantra said to himfirmly. "I want to know that you're serious about this." I don't that is really... necessary," he said."Bullshit Armin," she retorted, "Drawing on your element is supposed tobe a band aid. You've been mainlining it like a college kid sucking downenergy drinks twenty-four seven. If you're really serious, swear on yourelement. Then I'll believe you."She fixed him with an unblinking stare and waited for him to saysomething."Go. She ran faster and harder than she’d ever done before. Air rasped into her lungs until it didn’t seem to be passing through. She wanted nothing more than to stop, to rest her head against her legs and try to remember how it felt to breathe. But Aidan wouldn’t let her stop. He held on to her hand, dragging her behind him. He offered her words of encouragement in a voice as breathless as hers felt. They were leaving the dense thicket of forest, entering into a circular clearing when he finally. I tried turning and moving my head to check if it was consistent from any angle. It looked pretty good. I then tried speaking, and the 'skin' bent in slightly exaggerated ways, that made it look like the skin on my face was stretching too much. After some adjustment, I had corrected that. I could now speak, without giving away my secret.I then went to work on my hands. My damaged left hand was a bit of a problem. It was nearly healed, now just slightly smaller than my right hand, still. Instead, they wrapped around nothing again. Okay, she smiled. It must have simply rolled off the stone. Yuri stood and searched around the edges of the stone that she had been meditating on. Her fingers finally grasped… some rusty, metallic dust mixed into the soil. What the fuck.Yuri took a deep breath. In… and out; In… and out. Cycle, repeat. She focused on her Way while she meditated. She knew who she was, what she needed to do, why she needed to do it, and how she was going to get it done..