Quest for the Sun Orb
“she asked.“Yes, we are,” Kapia replied. She glanced up at the sun to measure the time. “Perhaps you should begin with Tiari in case it gets too dark for her to see.”“I would, Kapia, but I feel the need to burn off a bit of energy first,” Karma admitted. “We have about an hour and a half I think, but we’ll keep an eye on the sun.”“All right,” Kapia agreed. “I need the exercise too.”Karma looked around. The clearing Zakiel had chosen was large enough that there was an area on one side where ...there were no people. “Let’s go over there,” she said, and began walking toward it, Kapia and Tiari on either side of her. She heard footsteps behind them and glanced over her shoulder.“I would observe as well, if you don’t mind,” Tomas said, catching up to them. “Of course, Tomas,” Karma replied. She really didn’t care who watched. She just needed to move.A few minutes later Tiari stood beside Tomas and watched intently as Karma and Kapia stepped into the center of the circle they’d marked in the soft dirt. The two women held their staffs before them in a light grip as they bowed to each other. Then they each took a step back, and began moving. Tiari gasped in surprise as her new friends attacked each other with the long poles, changing angles and grips so quickly it was hard to follow. The steady tap-tap-tap of the staffs slamming together testified to the strength and speed of their strikes, though neither of them ever actually struck the other. “They’re so fast,”MoreLess
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