The words are greeted with a soft smile from the man. The first comfort he’s
offered her at all as the knife withdraws from her cheek…It leaves behind the
slightest little trail of blood from the sharp blade. “Very good.” He
murmurs as he steps back. “Now, back to your training.” He at first
instructs her to warm up a little, a few light exercises before ordering her
to do a split…Then seeing how high she can jump, then ordering her to, while
remaining on one leg, lift the other as high as possible while on the ground…