Limits Chapter 28

I didn't believe in those fairy tales. 'A flower that can grant you immortality? Bah, of course it is so kind of made up story to make people search for it in vain' I thought to myself. Nick then said "This concludes the test. You did quite well actually. Only one wrong answer. Of course you would have more wrong answers if I were to ask more questions". I nodded to that. I knew I didn't rember the whole book, therefore there would be loads of questions I wouldn't be able to answer.

Nick continued "Read this book couple of tis but start reading the dical Journal that I gave you as well". I agreed to that suggestion. Nick then turned around towards the poles and said "You are not far away from finding the right balance on the first pole. It will be more difficult for you to make moves but with ti you will be able to do what I did". I nodded my head in understanding. I then asked a question "When will you teach about the art of hidden weapons?" to which Nick snorted and said "Hmph, You already have a lot on your hands. When you master both the wooden poles and these two books, I will teach you new things. For now, every week I will co back to test your knowledge and look at your progress with the wooden poles".

I was a bit disappointed but he was right as well. I didn't have any more ti. I trained on wooden poles most of the ti and when I had so free ti like break between the tasks, I would read a book. There is a saying "Biting more than you can chew" and I didn't want to be a perfect example of that saying either.

When Nick left, I begun my training with the wooden poles again. After a few hours of such training I would lay down in my bed to read the book. This ti, I read the dical Journal. This book explained how different illnesses and diseases are ford and with what to treat them. The book was about half the size of the Thousand and One Herbs book but it contained very small amount of drawings and a lot more writing compared to the other book.

The book described symptoms of said illnesses and diseases as well as precautions if any and possible dication that can fight said ailnt. It was quite detailed book and thus very hard to morize. I didn't give up and read it as much as I could when I had the ti. I did read the Thousand and One Herbs from ti to ti, just to read sothing else once in a while.

A week passed like this and I was already able to balance myself on the shortest wooden pole. The next step was to travel to the next one. I tried many tis but every ti I tried jumping or anything, I fell down. I could stay on the shortest wooden pole for a long ti but if I moved too much I would fall. I needed to find a balance while moving otherwise this would get nowhere.

On that day, Nick ca back and again asked questions about both books this ti. I answered correctly most of the questions from Thousand and One Herbs but on the other hand, I got only one or two correct from dical Journal. It was hard to rember all these descriptions and illnesses as well as treatnts and symptoms. The solution to that would be to read it many tis, then finally morizing it but how long would that take? I didn't know.

Nick said "You are making progress and you have rembered a lot from the Thousand and One Herbs book. You just have to focus more on the dical Journal and on your pole practice". He then continued "I will give you a clue about the wooden poles training you are doing. When you are trying to find the balance don't fight against the poles. Beco one of them".

I was a bit confused and thought about it for a long ti. Then an idea ca to my mind 'I think what he ant was that. If I was to beco one with the pole then when it falls I fall therefore when it stands I stand too' At that ti I understood sothing and jumped on top of the first wooden pole. If I could beco one with it, then standing on it would not only be easy but also I could move with it. With this in my mind, I went straight to practise. I fell down all the ti but now I had a clearer view ahead of and a wisp of understanding.

My training continued like so for 1 month. After that month winter was approaching in huge steps. I did loads of improvents in both morizing the books as well as the wooden poles training. I could now travel around all the poles but if lost focus then the balance would be affected. Although I could travel between the wooden poles now, it was not as perfect as Nick's demonstration. I sotis stumbled, misstepped or misjudged the balance. There were still many errors in my movents but I could move around the wooden poles now.

I also managed to morize about 95% of the Thousand and One Herbs book as well as about 60% of the dical Journal book. Nick was surprised at how good my improvents on wooden poles were after he told this one clue. He wasn't that much surprised about morizing the books, he even said that the dical Journal was quite difficult for to morize which he didn't expect. I didn't give up either way and continued on with my training.

My tasks also changed a bit. I still carried water in the morning for the whole village but then I had to cut the wood until 11am. Then I had a break for 1 hour and at 12pm I had to go to the blacksmith and produce ingots until 4pm. I was finishing my tasks one hour earlier but at the sa ti I only had one break so it was comparable to my past titable.

I also got a lot of my strength back. I was now full of it. I thought about it many tis 'Why do I suddenly have so much strength?' and only one answer was flashing through my mind. It was the incident with the fairy. I was sucked dry and left starving. I had to eat a lot in order to not feel hunger and any activity brought more hunger. Simple task of walking was difficult without food. After so much ti, I realised that because of the constant hunger and so little food as well as physical labour my muscles developed but didn't grow.

Even Nick was astonished when he checked up on couple of tis. He asked couple of tis if I practiced so kind of manual but my answer was always "No". Thanks to Nick's diagnosis and the experience, I figured it out. My muscles got stronger due to hunger and labour but without enough food my muscles were burned all the ti. And although this seed bad, I gained a lot of strength thanks to that.

There were downsides as well. I was skinny as hell! It didn't matter how much I ate, I would not get fatter. I looked like skin and bones but I was healthy and had a lot of strength. I even suspected that I could probably take on Rand's granddaughter and the guy who always watched .

But I wouldn't try that yet. I had stuff to learn and because I knew Rand will go back on his word, I would learn from Nick and then I would have my life back.