ThenextmorningHankdecidedtotesthislimits,physicalandmental,heranfor15minutesneartheentranceofthe caveandthencollapsedexhausted.
“WellIsupposeIcan’tcomplainI’mjust2daysold,letstrycultivatemybodynowthatI’mexhausted”.
Hestartedtoconcentratebuttheproblemwashedidn’tknowwheretostart,ifthewolfscouldn''tcultivatemana consequentiallytheycouldn’tusemagicthenhowishesupposetocultivatethebody?.
“Isurelycan’tfeelatraceofmana,themmustbesomethingelsesomethingthat’senablemybodytoevolveandbecome stronger,Imustmeditateatrytofeel,ifmytheoryisrighttheremustbesomethingintheair”.
Inthemeantimehisfatherwaspayingcloseattentiontohim,atthebeginninghewasn’tsurewhatthelittlepuppywas doingbutnowthatHankwastryingtomeditateitwascleartohimabouttheintentionsofhisson.
“Thislittleoneisonly2daysoldandisalreadytryingtofeeltheNatureEnergyhehehewellisnotthateasytofeelit” Ikawwashavingfunwatchinghissontryingtofeeltheenergy.
Likehisfathersaiditwasnoteasy,after2hourtryingbutwithoutresultsHankdecidedtofirstexercisehisbodyandlater hewouldaskhisparentsfordirectionincultivatingthebody.Hestartedcreatingacoursewithobstaclestotrainallaspects ofhisbody,agility,endurance,strengthandspeed.Wellthebesthecoulddowithhiscurrentbodywasverylimitedand soonenoughhecollapsedagain.
Hismotherfromthecavecalledhim,itwastimetoeatandhewasstarving.
“LittleWhitewhyareyourunninglikecrazy?”Cisceasked,shewasreallycuriousaboutthislittlewhitepuppythatfrom theseconddayoflifestartedtorunarounddifferentlyfromhisbrothersthatstayednearherallthetimeaskingformore milk.
“Motherisstrangetotrain?”Hankwasuneasywashereallystandingouttoomuch?
“Son,wewolfs,starttotrainafterhalfyearandwestarttogatherNatureEnergyattheageof1,5yearsold”explainedhis mother.
Hewasreallyhappy,sohisspeculationwasright,therereallywasanotherformofenergy.
“Mother,motherwhatisNatureEnergyandhowIcangatherit?”hewaseagertostarthistraining.
“Rightnowyoucan’tgatherit,ifyoustartyou’lldieorbecomeancripple,whenyoufirstgatheryourenergyitwillawaken youraffinityandyourcurrentbodycan’thandleit,thatwhywestarttogatherafter1yeahoftraining”ExplainedCisce.The tale has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident.
“OKmotherbutIreallyneedtowaitforhalfayeartostarttraining?Can’tIstartnow?”.
“Isupposeyoucan,youreallyaredifferentfromyoursibling,theyonlycareforfoodandsleep”Ciscewasreallyhappy thathissonwassuchahardworkingcub.
“MomI’vebeenmeaningtoaskyou...Wearealone?Imeanthereisnootherwolfinourpack?”Hankwascuriouswhyhe didn’tseeotherwolfs,thewolfsheknowwereatypeoanimalthatlivedinpackwithanalpha,butheretherewasonlyhis family.
“Littlecurioswolf,heheyesweareapartofapack,butusuallynewcubsareintroducedtothepackaftertheyare1week old,sodon’tworrysoonenoughyou’llmeettheotherandthearesomeotherscubs,maybeyou’llfindyourmatehehe”
“Momlet’snottalkaboutuselessstufflikemateI’mtoyoungforthat”Hankwasreallytiredtodayhereallypushedhimself toomuch,collapsingtwotimesfromexhaustion,nowhejustwantedtosleep.
“TomorrowIwannastarttrainingmom,butnowI’mgoingtosleepI’mtootired”.
Hismotherjustsmiled,shereallywashappy.
ThenextdayatthesunriseHankwasalreadyaskinghisfatherforinstructiontotrain.
“comeondad,tellmewhatI’msupposetodo”Hankwaslikealittlechildrunningaroundhisfatherthatwasabouttolay downafterreturningfromthehunt.
“OKsonIgoingtotelljustoncesopayattention,soasyoucanseethereareallotoflittlerocksaround,yourtrainingwill consistinrunningfullspeedonlytouchingtherocksandyoucan’tstop,thistraininghelpswithendurance,agility,speed, buildingyourmuscles,yourcapacityofchoosingthebestpathandtrainyourvisionementalcapacity”Thistrainingwasreally weirdbutforgenerationsithasbeentaughtlikethisfromfathertosons,Ikawwasnotgoingtobethefirsttochangeit,he reallycherishedtraditionsandasmilecouldbeseenonhisfacenowthathewasrecallingwhenhisfathertaughthimthesame.
Thisnewmethodcombinedwiththecoursewithobstacleshehadcreatedbecamehisusualroutine,andsoontheendof thefistweekcame,itwastimetobeintroducedtothepack.
“SonImustaskyoutodon’tshowofftoomuch,eventhoweareaunitedpackthereisalwaysenvy,andifAlannarfind youtobeapotentialthreatitwillgetreallyugly”explainedhisfather.
“WhoisAlannarfather?”Hankcouldn’tunderstandwhyhecouldbeathreat.
“AlannaristheAlpha,heisasbigasmeandhisaffinityisfireheisabitimpulsivebutoverallheisagoodleader”.
“OKdadI’llbecareful,whatisyourandmomaffinities?”Hankwasreallycuriousaboutaffinity.
“Mineisearththemostusualaffinityinourspeciesandyourmotheriswindwellisnotrare..Around50%ofushaveearth and35%havetheotherthreewater,windandfire”ExplainedIkaw.
“Whatabouttheremaining15%?”askedHank.
“LightandDarknessmyson”AnsweredIkaw.
“Whataboutlightningelement?”Nowhereallywasnervouswhyhisfathernevermentionedlightning?
“Welllightningisjusttoorareinthehistoryofourspecieonlyahandfulofwolfhadlightningaffinity”explainedhisfather.
Hankwasreallycursingrightnow,whenthepackfindsouthehadlightningaffinitytherewillbesometroubleswith Alannarthealpha.