They ran two more drills. Thomas's comment about reaction timing turned out to be accurate — the settled ambient required small recalibrations, the kind that were initially uncomfortable and then, after an hour, began to feel like useful refinement rather than disruption.
Sara watched the session from the observation bench, making notes in the small book she'd started carrying. Occasionally she asked questions — not about the technique, but about the experience of training, the specific quality of what the environment asked for. How people's bodies felt different. Whether the discomfort of recalibration was unpleasant or interesting. Whether there was a point where interesting became uncomfortable enough to be counterproductive.
Seraphina answered each question with the directness she brought to genuine inquiry, recognizing the questions for what they were rather than deflecting them as peripheral.
