Taught Everything

Dakshana was faster and stronger than any mortal human could claim to be, but Old Master was faster and stronger still. By the time they made it to the top of the mountain, she was ten times as strong as she’d been in the cave. She could spot handholds and footholds in an instant and leap up the face of a mountain like a beetle or a lizard. When she was on the rooftop of the world, Old Master trained her to be fast, as fleeting as the wind and as quick-twisting as a stream. Old Master taught everything.