[PRIVATE: DGFone & Thewhistlerify]

[DGFone]

Delano nodded. "Yeah. Can't believe the night passed so quickly." In his sleepiness, he tripped over a rock, causing the others to laugh. He got up, embarrassed and ashamed. "I hope today won't be too much harder." He simply said, trying to change the subject.

[TheWhistlerify]

Muroki, in his own sleepiness, hadn't even noticed that his brother fell down. "Yeah, me too."

[DGFone]

Once again, the trainees lined up at the small hill from the day before. "Short night, huh?" The trainer asked. "Sore from yesterday?" Murmurs of agreement were heard for both questions. The trainer smiled. "Well, you'll just have to get used to it, because this is what you can look forward towards for many days to come."

No one dared to actually object, but everyone complained. This only cause the trainer to smile. "I know, I know. So in order to take our minds off of this, why not go on a nice sunrise run?" Like they had a choice...

Delano winced as his legs burned at the movement. But he forced himself to hobble along after the others.

[TheWhistlerify]

Muroki sighed and began running, expecting yet another long run or an even longer one comparing to yesterday's. He hoped that the trainer at least knew what he was doing and that they'll really earn anything from this.

[DGFone]

As they ran, Delano found it harder and harder to keep up. A few times, he stumbled, but unlike before, he didn't fall. Still didn't make running any less painful. But to his amazement, they only did a long loop and came back to the starting hill.

As they stopped, Delano felt his legs shaking, and almost simply collapsed on the ground, but forced himself to remain standing. The trainer didn't seem to notice. "I know that the first few days will be extremely hard, but you need to get your strength up," he explained, observing how everyone looked barely conscious, "and then we will be able to start doing the real stuff. But before then, doing so will be completely useless."

[TheWhistlerify]

Muroki felt like collapsing down and falling asleep, but it didn't seem like it was time to nap.

[DGFone]

"But it's useless to push you too far," the trainer continued, "so when I said yesterday that today would be harder, I meant that it will feel harder." He waited for a little while. "But once you get used to it, you will see that it's not that bad."

The trainer smiled again, and Delano's heart sank. He figured that the smile never meant good news. But this time, he was wrong.

"If you will follow me back inside, I am pretty sure that you all will want some breakfast." Relieved sighs followed this announcement, and the trainer lead them back inside the cave system and to a large section with a carcass in the middle.

Delano gratefully tore into the meat, but then quickly tore off a piece so that he can eat more privately. He sat down on the ground next to Muroki. "Finally, some rest." He told his brother, grinning.

[TheWhistlerify]

Muroki started eating, looking at his brother after a few bites, "I wouldn't get used to it." he said, grinning back at his brother.

[DGFone]

Delano shook his head. "Me neither." He stopped suddenly, feeling sick to his stomach. "Ugh, must have ran too hard..." He muttered, swaying.

[TheWhistlerify]

Muroki ate some more, "Rest, it'll go away eventually."