Everyone Out

The helicopter tilted and dropped toward a mountain valley, which signalled half the students in the vehicle to get their gear ready to depart.

Karl noticed that they were loaded in the back half of the helicopter, so their departure wouldn't cause a drastic shift of the balance, and the others spread out as they walked down the ramp, distributing the weight evenly again.

"You get used to it. Spreading out is not only more comfortable, but it makes for a smoother ride. If you're with a new group, teach them to do it. But mostly the new groups take the train.

We were supposed to take it as well, but the storm the other day damaged the tracks, and they're not fixed yet." The berserker explained.

"I saw that firsthand. We were stuck out in that storm, and we weren't sure that we were going to make it back to the Academy at all. As it was, we made it back only one day late." Karl agreed.