After walking for around ten minutes, the duo came upon a little clearing to their right hand side. The sight of the clearing sent a jolt through Lorn.... What were four elderly men doing here in the middle of the forest? Seeing the large axes in their hands, she realized they were local woodcutters from the nearby village who had drifted in to this part of the forest. Each one of them looked to be in their mid fifties. They seemed as if the sudden appearance of a nude yoga mistress in their. .. “Always remember,” Joe Coontz - the man Tony Juliana had hired to teach her - said, “the straight razor isn’t a dueling weapon. You get into a prolonged fight with an armed opponent, you could easily lose. If you remember what I’m teaching you, and practice it, you’re almost guaranteed one good attack – I believe you’ll get that attack, but things can and do go terribly awry. If that one attack goes as it should, you’ll get another. And if you’ve continued to follow your training, and. Then without another word I turned and walked away, leaving her standing at the door to the classroom, almost looking as if she was pouting. During the next class that I was in with Vicki, I saw her as I entered the room and frowned, trying to ignore her as I walked towards my desk. However, since I wasn't going to Vicki, she obviously decided to come to me instead. "I'm sorry." Vicki apologized, sounding rather regretful. I didn't say anything and tried not to look at her. "Please..." Vicki. Getting home, I looked in the phone book and found the address of the surplus store in Stockbridge so I could go get a pair of boots.The next few weeks went fairly easy. School was going good, as I was paying attention and doing my work, which was reflected in my grades.Kickboxing was going awesome; things were starting to flow naturally for me. I was starting to throw techniques without thinking during sparring sessions.Master Boripat continued his pitches to try and get me to take another.