The morning after Warren's reflective dreams, Warren is walking with Aaron and James to the training grounds for a supervised sparring session.
They walk in silence, Warren clearly annoyed that his time with Madison was interrupted, until Warren chimes in.
"So why do I have to be here again?"
James looks guilty that he has to pull Warren away.
"You know Jermaine, he doesn't let them use their Aspects without supervision."
"And you're the only one who was available to supervise."
Warren deeply sighs.
"Alright, I guess I can supervise."
As they arrive, they see Edwin and Darius in a small sparring match.
Meanwhile, Laura waits on the sideline for Aaron to spar with and Asha waits to spar with James.
As the three walk up to the training ground, a flame can be seen overhead.
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Before Warren can stop him, Aidan crashes into the training grounds, clearly not right in the head.
As he breathes heavy, Aidan barely gets out a sentence.
"Hey... Everyone... You guys... Ready to... Spar...?"
Asha looks concerned, checking in on him.
"Aidan.. Are you okay? you don't look too good."
Aidan snaps back.
"You think I can't still fight, huh?!"
"You wanna test that?!"
Asha clearly has more to say but clearly doesn't want to anymore.
Aidan slurs his words a bit.
"So... anyone wanna actually spar..?"
"Or is everyone just a coward."
He directs his gaze at Asha with the last bit.
Warren then loudly chimes in.
"Aidan!"
"Shut the hell up, I'm not in the mood."
"If you're gonna be an ass then just leave."
Aidan walks up to Warren and clenches his fists, the air around him heating up.
Warren looks unfazed by the clear intimidation attempt, just looking at Aidan with a blank expression on his face, clearly even more annoyed now.
Aidan, clearly discouraged by Warren's usually cheery face being replaced by a new, serious one, flies away.
Warren then takes a deep breath to cool off before jogging up to the training grounds, now happy and ready to help sparring.
Later that night, Aidan and the woman are together again, laying in her bed.
The woman asks a question.
"Do you want to take this a bit further, Aidan?"
Aidan softly responds.
"Mhm..."
Before he realizes something and answers, clearer than he's been in days.
"Wait, how do you know m-"
Aidan is cut off by the woman placing her fingers on his forehead, sending him into a trance.
"And now, Aidan the Wildfire, begins your new life."

