caughtinanetwork | 014 | Accidental Video

[Electricity crackles across the screen -- no, wait, the electricity is actually flowing around the twelve-year-old boy standing some distance away. This may be the first time most of Vatheon has seen Ky out of his uniform. It's sitting neatly folded on the desk. Ky isn't sure why he woke up in it, but he knows he hasn't earned it yet.

He frowns and shuts his eyes in concentration, muttering under his breath.]

Come on...

[The electricity concentrates around his hands, and he opens his eyes and starts to smile before it goes shooting out, some towards the ceiling but most disappearing into the air. There's a reason he picked as empty of a space to practice in as he could.

He closes his eyes to try to concentrate again, but gets only a very weak crackle that soon fizzles out for his efforts.]

I'll have to try again later.

[He pads over to study the SFC, obvious confusion on his face at the fact that it's on. He's only used it for texts, and he doesn't seem to have an incoming message.]

What are you doing now?

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It's not about what I want others to do for me.

Perhaps not, but not asking for help could also mean jeopardizing what you are trying to accomplish.

In this place I'm not sure what I'm trying to accomplish.

Why should anything change? Surely you will not be stuck here forever, and then you will need to return to your original goals. You would not want to do that having not gained any ground.

Of course not.

But if I'm focused on training here, I still have a great distance to accomplish simply by practicing on my own.

Yes, I suppose that is true. Just do not discount the lessons given by those around you. Friends and strangers alike may offer you something useful whether you realize it or not.

Of course. I'm hardly going to be capable of thinking of what they would on my own.