Luckily for Theora, it soon became apparent that Doctor Herva wasn't the only one thinking she needed to let go of her rivalry with Sthena. Instructor De Peridot suddenly changed the usual pairings in the following training sessions. She didn't notice at first because she was benched due to her injury for the next couple of sessions, but as soon as she got back on the mat, instead of Sthena, Theora was put to face Kleis Icheroan. On one of the furthest mats from her, Sthena was paired with Heliria. Her vampire foe hadn't looked in Theora's direction once since the incident, and it felt like everyone was trying to keep them apart for now. Theora didn't care much except for her injury, which was bothersome and made any movement involving her shoulder painful. She and Kleis had picked up the
