Follow you, follow me

Gav was all puppy energy mixed in with a lot of smiles and bouncing. Dusk genuinely loved having him around. The pup had been staying in her room with her and they'd spent their nights with her curled around the boy. The little winged warrior had stolen her heart very quickly. Dusk would like nothing more than to keep Gav with her forever, but she knew they would eventually have to find his family. That thought hurt, so she tried to push it away every time it popped up within her mind.

After they'd eaten some breakfast, Dusk and Gav made their way to the training area. She'd told him about it before and when he questioned the name, the obsidian fae nodded. "Yep, that's what my dad calls it." Dusk had left Whisper behind today. She wouldn't need her weapon to teach the boy how to protect himself. "Are you ready?" She waited for him to say that he was and then got to work.

Dusk had Gav sit and she paced back and forth in front of him while she spoke. "The biggest thing that will keep you safe is to always be on your guard. Train your ears to always be listening, your nose to always be scenting the air and your eyes to always be scanning your surroundings. If you know your surroundings, it will be harder for something to sneak up on you." Situational awareness, her father had called it. Be observant. Be vigilant. Be safe.

"Okay, we can start here. I am your opponent. If I was getting ready to attack you, how would you respond? How would you hold your body?" Dusk stood before him, her head lowering a bit as she made herself look as though she would attack. "Think hard about what would work best and I'll help you along the way, okay?"

"Dusk"