The girl grinned at you cutely, her grip surprisingly strong for her frame, but not crushing, or anything you couldn't match if trying. "Ah, call me Clara. I'm still getting used to the whole instructor thing. Hell I'm really just a student who'se been here a very long time." She flashes you another smile, emphasised by her soft features. Her hair is a dark brown hue, and her eyes are a dark green colour. Her skin appears to be slightly tanned. She held her hand out to me and I took it.<br/><br/>"I'm Benari. A pleasure to meet you."<br/>"Nice to meet you too." Another smile. Without it fading, Clara started up what was obviously a prepared speech, with a lot of eye rolling and shaking of her head. "As part of garden recent changes to it's training and education schemes to counter the problems caused during the Lunar Cry, the age ranges of the garden's SeeD program have expanded." She gave a nod in my direction. "In addition to this the rank of junior instructor has been created for SeeD candidates who have lived their lives within the garden, as the number of fully qualified SeeD instructors has fallen due to missions to deal with the creatures of the Lunar Cry." She sighed, looking bored.<br/>"To hell with the rest of this speech, I'm paraphrasing as much as I can now. You guys know why you're here. You're wanting to become SeeDs. You know what that entails, you don't need someone younger than you telling you what to do. However, I'm here to help you through your basic training and settling you into the Garden during the first few months. Now Benari... you alright with first name terms?" I nodded "I know you've had previous military training in the Esthar army. Ross, have you received any such training?" She asked