[center][h1][b]Iraleth Kyrios[/b][/h1][/center]

Iraleth paid steady attention to the ongoing lecture, jotting down notes at a reasonable pace. None of it was flying over her head without further study just yet, but it was best to record everything she could, still. This Personal Barrier would certainly prove to be useful in the future, though she had no desire to abandon her armor completely for it. After all, why give up a defensive layer that was entirely passive to maintain on her end? Wearing a few dozen pounds of plate on a daily basis was nothing to her after years of training, anyway.

The class began to separate for practical application following the theoretical explanation, and Iraleth found herself being approached by...Chunji. That was his name, right? He offered to partner up with her, and she rose to her feet.

[b]"Of course."[/b] Iraleth gave a firm nod. [b]"I'll start, then."[/b] As she'd said before, it shouldn't be [i]too[/i] different from the divine shields she was already able to conjure. Just with a more stringent field of application. 

She gathered emotional essence together through the divine method: an entreaty to Astra for protection. Let her flesh be shielded from harm, so as to continue her work. Faith, zeal, determination, and outright stubbornness coalesced into emotional essence, coating Iraleth in its protective veil. 

[b]"Right,"[/b] The paladin exhaled, examining herself briefly. It [i]seemed[/i] as though the spell had worked, though its efficacy remained to be seen. [b]"Now to test it. I'm still wearing armor over the barrier, so..."[/b] She gave Chunji a stoic stare. [b]"Punch me in the face."[/b]

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