<div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/U05vvjh.png)</div>Erin listens on Vanessë's tale about patience and her education with Master Soveliss, as Vanessë finishes Erin softly laughs and replies; "Well, I definately would not had been good student, as I would had gone crazy overtime with such approach. Training I got with militia was rather straightforward, a forced repetition of same task over and over again, until you no longer even thinked doing the task as your body just naturally repeated it. Then you learn next step which is repeated, same process again. Same is with tactical lessons, the few which were given. Focus on basics and plan smartly but be ready improvise on fly very fast. Once basic training was done, then I started more finesse my own training through encounters in my journey and few times when I am home I practice alone. Both repeat basics and trying learn new ones by myself."<br/><br/>Once Erin heard Vanessë question, he pondered a bit as his gaze drifted somewhere beyond house roof as he looked up thoughtfully, finger brushing on his cheek and chin thoughtfully.....<br/><br/><em>"I cannot tell that one, as it's sort a trade secret of mine....what else would fit..."</em><br/><br/>Then Erin stopped pondering and looked on Vanessë as he replied; "I think most interesting thing has been either seeing the Valley of Blossoms or my encounter and learning about the Lempak elven tribes. I and most are familiar with the courtly high elves and the elves who live in small towns and villages like this. But it's entirely different with Lempak tribe. They wander without settlement or solid home and live in temporal settlements and they move and follow herd animals. But the most interesting are what are called the clan stones, huge monoliths which are sacred for each clan or at least clan I trade with. The clan lorekeepers once every while go there carve in elven runes parts of their history, important events, into those stones and by their stories their ancestors guard those stones. Spirits, ghosts, who knows. But I did see one clan stone, if by afar. It was pretty huge and had writing all over it, albeit was too far for me to read at all. But the stones were part natural but also part delicately crafted and sculpted and then nature worn. What best I could descripe them would be huge black stone squares which are big like small fortress and runes in there are carved but in moonlight they shine faint light.<br/><br/>Only reason I even saw it was because tribe I traded with had moved close to the stone as their lorekeeper was quite old and they wanted guard her while she worked. Also the stone was huge so could make this much details about it even if it was over kilometer away from the camp. In night I saw the writing glow in there as lines around the stone, along with some faint symbols and images, carving drawings. But overall I myself I am curious why they keep their historical lore stored there as they got oral traditions, while they keep everyone away and preventing anyone from learning about them. My own suspicion may be that it's not just history written there, some ancient secrets and knowlegde which they refuse teach to even their own kind and only shown to lorekeepers. Secrets which may be exploited or cause harm in wrong hands."<br/><br/>Erin then finishes his tale sipping from lemon juice, looking to Vanessë and smiling he asks; "Now, what's most interesting thing you had seen in Arashalu? Also what you miss from there, besides your family? Also what you do not miss or like from Arashalu?"