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?I don?t want to practice anymore. It?s pointless,? Helen called

over her shoulder as she turned on her heel to walk away. ?I just

want to be left alone.?

?You want to be left alone, huh, Princess? Sorry, it doesn?t work

that way,? he said as he grabbed her shoulders and spun her

around. That did it for her. She gave one hysterical laugh?it was

either that or start crying?and shoved Hector away from her.

Hard.

?What are you going to do? What? Are you going to beat me to

death? You can?t! You?re not strong enough,? Helen said as she hit

him repeatedly on the shoulders, trying to instigate a fight. ?So go

get a sword. Go ahead. Oh, wait, I forgot. That doesn?t hurt me,

either. So what are you going to do, you big bully? What do you

have to teach me??

?Humility,? he said quietly. He moved fast, but he was also bending

the light funny the way Lucas did. While she was still trying to

focus her eyes, pissed that she hadn?t even considered that Hector

could have this talent as well, Hector grabbed her, threw her over

his shoulder, and started walking toward the water.

Enraged, Helen used her full strength against him for the first

time. She didn?t care how much she hurt him. She pushed until she

unlocked herself from Hector?s grip. She heard his arm break as

she physically separated herself from him. Then she changed states

to fly away. As she summoned a wind to take her away, he grabbed

her with his other hand. His more dominant hand. Helen realized,

a bit too late, that Hector had allowed her to break his left arm so

that she would chose weightlessness?weightlessness and momentary

weakness. Before she could digest what he was doing and shift

back to the gravity-state to get enough purchase to push him off, he

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