Lesson in Hunger (Part 1)
"I understand your pride in figuring everything out by yourselves, but there's nothing wrong with asking for help." Menadion said.
"You two have already learned in sixteen years what most Awakened need decades if not centuries to accomplish. With Lith expecting his secondborn, you have to set your priorities straight.
"There's only so much time in each day. Either you sacrifice your time with your family or risk facing that Meln jackass with incomplete skills. But that only if you keep refusing my help."
"You have a point." Lith sighed. "Yet my worry is to face that jackass with skills I've learned without truly understanding them. In my experience, it's better to use a prototype you have mastered than a full weapon you're not familiar with."
"There you are." Kamila welcomed them as they walked through the tower's door. "How did things go with the Undead Courts."