Chapter 98 - 98. Analysis

"I have been wondering something," Asher spoke up with his sister in mind. "My sister came here early when she was a sophomore too. Her name was Cara. Is there any reason she didn't mention all this to me?"

Garnet's face became very serious and she gave Asher a once over. "You're sister was the reason every single counselor needed to wear earplugs every single day. I had to teach everyone sign language in a rush."

'Oh great, bringing up Cara may have been the last straw. Training is going to suck now.' Asher just sat there mortified. He was not ready for everything to become tougher.

"She had high marks and sounds like she followed the rules. We prefer people to keep the benefits secret so that when people are chosen to come to the camp early it is based off of the natural school effort and not something people compete for. If people competed for a tailored training plan and the benefits that came with it we would have a lot of promising talent kicked to the curb before they even had a chance."

Laura and Asher both knew this was true. They had been selected and offered this by the principal. If it was a competition to be accepted for added bonuses like this there would be many students who wanted a head start at their career bullying the other students to keep them from showing off. Having a tailor made training program was usually an expensive investment for those who wished to join law enforcement or become a hero.

"So the less we tell people about it the better. I can keep it a secret. My friends aren't really in to the whole training thing so I am the only one that came to this camp. Same with Jackson since his gardening club went to the other camps because of their herbology lessons. Jackson just came here because he said it could help him get used to his bogger body." Laura was still struggling with a few band aids but Asher had managed to more or less take over and patch her up better.

"Well enough slacking, let's go over why you lost Laura." Laura froze up knowing that everything about to be said would hurt to hear. "You're too slow. Mentally that is. Your metabolism and body have gotten faster, but your processing speed is still a normal persons. You have yet to adjust your thinking to the super power speed you have."

Laura already knew this but she had no idea what to do with it. "You also lack muscle memory and basic combat knowledge. How will you handle yourself when the other students get here? you might not be able to get points at all if you spend all your time in this office." Garnet was being much more harsh, however, her face softened slightly as she moved on t the solutions she had.

"You can take a lot of the common courses to expand your knowledge, especially on first aid since you seem to be prone to injuries as you adapt. Second, we have some reflex training you can do. One of my sisters developed a good training program so I will have you join one of her classes."

"Asher, you thought right when you decided to attack early in the hopes of Laura just rushing forward. But you did not factor in the damage you would take nor did you see when her attitude change when she slowed down. She obviously slowed down due to control issues, if you had learned how to properly read body language you could have expected this. Instead, you seemed to have only learned how to predict movement and not feelings from body language."

Garnet had hit the nail on the head. Asher had really only focused on learning the way someone would move and he had not watched and trained in the methods to judge emotion from body language. "Another thing you need to work on is your repertoire of moves. You have no throws that could have been used to completely avoid any damage from a charging opponent. And that pin move you made up may work when you are being forward with your girl friend but it won't do you any good against a real villain."

Asher and Laura both turned red based on Garnet's final bit of evaluation and teasing. Garnet was enjoying the small bit of teasing since she knew that it would make the two of them more apt to train to get over the embarrassment. "I actually want you to teach me throws. You used one against me earlier and I really need to learn them. My friend jane already knows one and I can't let her get ahead of me."

Asher had been caught on this for a while. Knowing that his friends might be learning these things while he was at camp early was making him anxious. If he could learn some throws and body locks then he would have two more avenues available for him to train in.

"Then tonight I will have one of the throwing dummies left in the luxury cabin for you. Just use the elite home gym system to do a walk through of body locks and throws. I will have the weight of the dummy adjusted to ten pounds heavier than your weight."

"Elite home gym system?" Laura was lost at this moment.

"Oh yeah, the luxury cabin you wanted to win so bad is really just luxury in the sense that it has the high technology training equipment and programs. It tried to kill me last night." Asher was almost sweating thinking about the intense work out.

"I wouldn't kill you. If you are about to die it automatically calls for the ambulance to come to pick you up." Garnet just shook her head at the overdramatic Asher.

"Wait, so I just got all bruised and scratched up so I could go to a hermits work out room?" Laura looked a lot angrier hearing this.

"The bed was really soft though, it was the best bed ever." This made Laura lose a little steam, but she was still unhappy to hear it wasn't a form of a spa.