be prepared / training session

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HERE COMES THE WATER

IT COMES TO W A S H AWAY THE SINS OF YOU AND I. WHEN YOU LOOK, YOU SEE RIGHT THROUGH ME. CUT THE ROPE, FELL TO MY KNEES. BORN AND BROKEN EVERY SINGLE TIME.

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The training session. It was perhaps what Titan had looked forward the most all week. Finally, he would feel productive in this new community. If Titan was skilled at one thing, it would definitely be the art of combat.

His shoulders moved with each step, r i p p l i n g with raw muscle. Fleshy pink scars decorated various parts of his anatomy like ribbons, all gained from months of bone-crushing training. To say that Titan could handle a single training session was quite the understatement.

The amber-eyed lion approached the area -- the "starpool" -- on heavy paws, saying nothing as he arrived in front of "Bub". This one was certainly more vulgar and unconventional than his old mentors, but judging by his size, he would likely make a fair opponent.

A part of him was confident in his hand-to-hand abilities as they were, but in the back of his mind, he knew that he could easily become the victor of this spar in a matter of seconds. It would be painfully easy, he wanted to tell himself. However, Titan made an effort to [sub]suppress[/sub] those thoughts and discipline himself.

"That is not who you are anymore."

He came to a halt, lifting his hefty crown and meeting Bubonicplague's gaze. Titan didn't feel the need to say anything, at least not yet. He'd wait until the others came and until his team was formed. Hopefully the members on his team didn't prove to be an inconvenient difference in strength.