Saige's Camp

Kalil folds his arms across his chest. "Maybe Miquella can be the final test." He chuckles. "I mean... We can start by figuring out what triggers your rage. I think that's a good place to start. So obviously attacking Storm would trigger it. What triggered your rage the other times? And I mean, really think about it. What about those situations sparked your anger?"

"Well, the first one was someone killing my friend, but I think anyone would be mad about that. The other times, it was having my choice taken away from me. Betrayal." Her eyes burn with bitterness. "People I trusted not respecting my decisions and forcing me into things I didn't want, no matter how much I fought against it."

Kalil glances at Storm and flexes his claws against his arm before he shakes his head and looks at Saige again. "Those are pretty good reasons to rage in my opinion. But the trick is to rage without losing control. At least, that's what I've been doing." He shrugs. "So, let's see if I can piss you off. Without needing to resort to drastic measures."

Over the next several hours, Kalil works with Saige and Storm to piss them off and then learn to control that rage. He sticks to pretty tame methods for this lesson, as it is their first.

After they finish training, Kalil takes a seat in their camp pulling his shirt off over his head so he can cool off. He leans back on his hands and lays his head back while he catches his breath.

Storm drops onto the ground across from the Prince, panting. She guzzles some water from a skin and wipes her brow with her arm. When she satisfies her thirst, she holds out her arm to Saige.

"Need a drink?"

Saige mutters something grumpily and bites into Storm's arm, taking a small drink. She kisses the wound when she's done and sits up, a determined look on her face. She turns to Kalil.

"Kalil. Arm wrestle me."

Kalil lifts his head to look at Saige and huffs. "Now?" He shrugs. "I mean. Sure, I guess." He cracks his neck side to side and then looks around. "Where are we doing this?"

Saige looks around, walks a little ways into the woods and comes back carrying a boulder. She sets it down in the middle of the camp.

"I guess this will work, but you better not break it or I'll be mad!" She grins, and gets ready.