Nikolai ran in front his half brothers, all were drenched in sweat and rainwater most of them panting like dogs. Nikolai himself was breathing heavily, they exited the woods and found themselves back at the camp. Nikolai looked at the group and saw them collapse to the dirt, some put their hands on their knees and retch. He smiled remembering his first 4 miles, he stood tall against the rain. Trying to embody the type of person they'd need to become. He saw some with expressions of turmoil on their faces, he willed his words to come out.

"Get inside!," he said approaching Clovis and pulling him off the floor, " Everyone inside now!" 

Nikolai pushed his brothers forward across the green grass and into the hypnos cabin, he grimaced looking at the sky. A storm like this was not a good sign, he saw a younger child fall and he scooped him up. The Hypnos kids made it back to their cabin and Nikolai looked out the door with a look of utter annoyance.

He turned away from them and returned into cabin, he strapped on his leather breastplate and fastened the handle of his axe to his belt. He looked at his brothers and saw them sleeping soundly in their beds, he couldnt help but feel confused and envious at them. He looked to the kid from earlier.

"How do they all just drop like that," he asked the kid. The boy shrugged and leaned back on his bunk and closed his eyes. Nikolai sighed and drummed his fingers on chestplate and layed back on his bed, he wasnt comfortable sleeping right now. What if something happened, what if a tree caught fire from lightening, what if the camp itself just blew away.