The Opening Ceremony

"What did you do to him?" Grace was showing a rare worried look when she glanced at Ralph and the fact that he seemed to be in another world rather than back in the inn with them. It had been an entire night of rest and Ralph was still stuck in his own mind even after replenishing the water that the forge had burned out.

"Well, even though he listened to me for once and drank water, he stayed up way too long studying forging and energy control. Even his molten boar was working all night in his taming space. If I hadn't been able to sleep with all the waves of energy they released…" Clark sent a small glare at Ralph, however, if anyone had paid enough attention they would see that he was very impressed.

"The energy that Ralph and his partner released made my partner very happy. While we meditated last night, Ralph was the main reason we were able to better connect with one another. It was a great chance!" Reese was at the drastic other side of the spectrum.