Still exhausted from the night before, Samuel dragged himself out of bed, got dressed, and made his way to meet Lowman, a man of average build with narrow eyes and jet-black hair tied in a knot behind his head. After several painful mistakes, it didn’t take long for Samuel to become more alert, as Lowman showed him different self-defense techniques, including proper posturing and motion. He showed Samuel the proper way to cover a blind spot and how to use an opponent’s strength to his advantage. “Remember, flow with their force and let their strength become your energy,” he reminded Samuel again and again in his instructions. Samuel learned about the different pressure points in the human body and how to balance properly on a horse with a weapon, while Gabram instructed him, in between his physical training, on the current rulers of the four Kingdoms and their various customs. In addition to all this, Samuel was instructed on the different Patrons that would be gathering soon to meet him and what each would contribute to the process of connecting the web that would reveal his true self.
