Another morning after another long night in the bar, Aidan ended up in the same woman's bed, he tries thinking of how many times he'd woken up here, but he can't seem to remember things from just the day before.

  Aidan is too drained today to take his usual route of flying out of the window, leading to him ending up in the middle of a road he has no memory of walking.

  Aidan stands still outside the door of the house, almost like he's lost in his own thoughts.

  The thing that takes him out of his haze is the screams of a woman, coming from an alley nearby.

  Aidan quickly runs over, seeing a huge man robbing a woman.

  Aidan sends a ball of fire at the man, the man holds an arm up, a metal shield sprouting from the huge forearm.

  As the smoke dissipates from the fire, Aidan is caught off guard by the man running toward him, shield up.

  The man manages to land a big hit, knocking Aidan across the alley.

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  This is before Aidan flies toward the man and lands a huge punch to his jaw.

  As Aidan stands triumphantly over the man, he turns to ask the woman something.

  "Hey lady, uh...."

  "Do you know where the Knight's Fortress is?"

  The woman points him in the direction of the building that towers over the city, as Aidan flies off.

  As Aidan approaches, he sees Laura and Aaron sparring, unsupervised.

  Aidan then flies straight to the training ground, crashing in between Aaron and Laura, interrupting the sparring match.

  Aaron reacts first.

  "Well look who finally showed up."

  "You were meant to spar with Edwin today, him and Darius ended up sparring instead, Darius was just here for speed training."

  "So why have you ben late for the last I don't even know how many sparring sessions?"

  Aidan looks dejected before responding.

  "I..."

  "Don't know"

  "I think I'm gonna go to the bar."

  Aaron and Laura share a concerned look before Laura chimes in.

  "So, you think it's that one girl?"

  Aaron quickly responds.

  "For sure, every single day it's like this, he shows up late then goes to the bar early, everyone else comes with him, he leaves early with her."

  "Then you repeat for the past four weeks."

  Laura responds after a moment for thought.

  "Maybe it's good for him, he used to go way too hard in training, we should let him kick back a little."

  Aaron shrugs and thinks before responding.

  "Yeah..."

  "I guess so."

  "But..."

  "If it gets too far, I'm taking matters into my own hands."

  "And I won't be gentle."

  Laura nods in understanding before getting into position for another match.