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The Danger Shop was set up to look and feel like a warm spring day in a nice open grassy field. Max could have picked just about anything with space to move in, but it amused him to go for something incongruous with the actual weather.

Again his voice was loud, but at least they were outside so the effect wasn't quite as bad as it had been last week. "Welcome back to Fighting With Powers. Last week we talked a bit about what each of us is capable of. This week we're going to take that and put it into practice."

Max took nearly an entire minute to study each of his students in turn. Eventually he nodded, more to himself than to them. "Since I want as much time as possible to evaluate each of you, there's no lecture or anything today. We're going straight to today's exercise."

"The activity comes in two parts. First, each of you will spar with me for a couple of minutes. This will allow me to really gauge what you already know and what you can do while allowing your fellow students to get a feel for the same thing. Then you'll break into pairs and practice with one another. Try to pick a partner who can teach you something, or at least challenge you with a power or technique you haven't dealt with before."

Any questions? No, of course not. Good.

"That's it. Let's get started."

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Max went down. Whether because of the blast, or simply because he wanted to, wasn't entirely clear though.

He could be bluffing, after all.

Time for another test of a spell she hadn't used much. She tried to hold him down "telekinetically" while she approached cautiously.

Max didn't move. Except for a slight smile on his face, anyway.

Of course until and unless he tried to move she wouldn't be as sure her spell was working.

Then just to be a smart ass, er, test her fine control, she magically plucked a blade of grass and tried to tickle his nose, while still maintaining her hold on him.

His nose twitched.

And then the ground under her exploded upward.

She shouted with surprise, fell back, rolled to her feet and erected a shield around her in quick succession.

"Does that always happen when you sneeze?"

"Not always," Max snorted, using her moment distraction to roll to his feet.

Time to try some illusions. She figured he'd be too smart to fall for a sudden noise behind him, so instead, she ducked and rolled to the side.

When she rose, there were two of her.

"Not bad," Max allowed. He narrowed his eyes, looking back and forth between the two of them. Then he concentrated on watercrafting. The question was how complete the illusions were. Did they both emit emotions?

No they did not. Though it wouldn't be too hard to make it do so if Leda thought about it. They would be the same emotions she was feeling, simply channeled into the illusion.

It was capable of independent movement however. So long as Leda sent it instructions from time to time. This one, Leda sent scurrying away, after it commanded her;

"Now! Get 'im!"

Max didn't give chase, just smiling and waiting.

Leda figured Max wouldn't know if she could teleport or not. So as she ran forward to try a few jabs, she ended the illusory her, and had it reappear off to his left, diving for his legs.

It was intangible though. If he didn't fall for it it'd just pass harmlessly through him.

He didn't know if she could teleport, but only one of the two Ledas had any emotions. So he ignored the illusion and countered her rush, block, block, punch back.

Leda blocked, and used a small shield spell for good measure. He was strong, no sense bruising her arm if she didn't have to. The shield absorbed most of the force, so she was able to keep from being knocked off balance.

"So, wadda you think?"

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