Various people were in the practice yard, including the girl in question.  She’d changed out of her dress and now wore loose pants and a long-sleeved shirt that obviously saw a lot of rough use.  In addition to Kirk, there were two other men with her.  One was the guard from the day at the market, the one she’d called Fitz, and another one roughly the same age as the other two.  Between the three of them, they seemed to be working on teaching Amuné how to fend off multiple enemies at once.  The girl seemed to do alright keeping track of where they were, but she was having trouble keeping herself away from them.  Even as Cain approached, the guard he’d threatened earlier got her from behind, countering her attempts to extricate herself from his grip and tossing her to the dirt.  The child hit the ground in a roll, but didn’t manage to get enough leverage to flow back to her feet, ending up flat on her back instead.

“Kirrrrk, no fair!” she complained, accepting the hand he offered to pull her back to her feet.  He just laughed.  “Fights are nae fair, lass,” the other redhead told her, shaking his head.  “And with you runnin’ off all the time, you need to know how to handle a group.  I dinnae want to see you turn up like that day at th’ market again, you hear me?”
“...Yes Fitz.”  Amuné ducked her head and kicked at the dirt.  He started to ask if she was ready for another round, but instead looked over as Cain entered the yard, subtly moving so he was between the girl and the new arrival.  The shift of his focus wasn’t lost on her, however, and she leaned to the side so she could look past Fitz and see who it was.  “Cain?” she asked, surprised but not upset, waving a greeting.  “I thought you said dinner.  I’m busy right now.”

The child might have been glad to see him, but the three guards were considerably more wary.  Kirk waved the third one closer, and said a few words too softly too be overheard from a distance.  He might have permission to be on campus, but his actions had not been forgotten, nor overlooked.

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