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Humans Don't Make Good Familiars- Part 80
🕑 Added 2022-03-05 23:21:23 +0000 UTCSuma’s POV
“The point is, Jake isn’t a Viking.” I declared. I had more I wanted to say, but the final recruit and all of the instructors arrived. The recruit grew a perch near a group of her friends, and the six instructors grew theirs together on a small raise in the terrain.
“Alright recruits, quiet down, we are going to begin your evaluations.” I swallowed my frustration and Vindicta and I went back to the perches we were using before Lauric arrived. The instructors announced how each familiar and summoner would be scored. They would point out areas where they were impressed, or we fell short. They weren’t going to pass or fail us; everyone present had already passed by completing the course before the recruit who came after them. These were only the instructors of the ones who had passed. Which meant only six of the original fifteen recruits to partake in the course actually completed it. They announced how everything would work, then called out to the recruits they were evaluating.
“Suma, please come with me,” my instructor said before flying a little way away and growing two perches for us.
“Good luck,” Vindicta said. I thanked her and met with my instructor. My instructor was the same one who I met earlier, the one I talked to when Jake entered the underground portion of the course.
“I did not realize you were my instructor mam,” I said.
“That was the point. We needed everyone to give their best, whether or not their own instructor was nearby, so we kept it secret.”
“I suppose that make sense. Before we begin, did you have a chance to talk with anyone about the runes Jake found yet?”
“Jake? I right, your familiar has two names. No, I haven’t had the time yet, but I will. Anyway, about Sentinel’s performance. He is.. rather slow isn’t he. If Lauric hadn’t slowed down towards the end, you wouldn’t be in this room right now.” Hearing her say that.. she was right, Jake is slower than most familiars. “However, you guided him well and used his strength to his advantage.”
“Thank you mam.”
“It’s no secret that you have an unusual familiar. Not just that he can talk and use magic of his own, but also in the way he approaches problems; especially in the later half of the course.” I couldn’t help but feel a swell of pride as she complimented Jake, even though I did not actually do anything, I still liked that he was getting the credit he deserved. “However, there are still areas where he needs to improve. He can use magic, but not a very diverse amount. His approaches may be unique, but they are often simple.”
“Yes mam, but I’m not sure that we can blame Jake for that. He is a Chaos Mage, most of the magic he is able to use has been made illegal.”
“The enemy doesn’t care about a familiar or summoner’s situation, they only care about if it plays to their advantage. Sentinel needs to improve his skill with magic, as well as find a way to increase his speed further. I saw him use enhancement magic to cross the lake fast, but that isn’t enough.” Again, I couldn’t disagree. “That all being said, I was extremely impressed with his and your performance.”
“You were? But I assumed… based on what you said..”
“Yes, he has areas he needs to improve, but his mana reserves and stamina are astounding, and his ability to rapidly learn new magic techniques is unlike any I have ever seen. Not to mention the way he handled some of the obstacles was impressive.”
“Thank you mam.”
“If he were my familiar, I would use his strength and stamina to compensate for his lack of speed. That’s where he shines anyway.”
“But I though you said he needed to get faster?”
“He does, and as soon as possible, but there is no getting around the fact that he is still going to be slower than most other familiars. So, you should look for ways to use what advantages he does have.”
“I will mam, thank you.”
“Now I want to talk to you about his magic, I was there during the battle training. I saw what he is capable of, so why is he not training to use more spells like that?”
“Well.. most familiars don’t know magic, and I am a healing mage, so-“
“Have him report tomorrow to the training in the battle mages section of camp. It will be going on at the same time the Healing Mages have their training. I want him to start participating in their attack training to improve his abilities.”
“I- um… yes mam.”
