The next two hours were spent doing shadow exercises. Sebastian had my shadows extend out and attack him as he timed them. I never landed a blow on him as his shadow was too fast, and would quickly block my own. He told me he would teach me how to do that with my own shadows tomorrow when he trains me. Apparently Al is gearing up to help in the fight with Alester and won't be available the next few days. "You're free to go. I look forward to seeing how quickly you improve these next few days. We look forward to having you back in the colony." "What are you talking about?" I furrowed my brows at him. "When you're free of Alester we expect you to come back to the colonies. You will be an elder in training for the colony in the west." He said it so simply, like his words didn't just irr