âExcuse me,â a male camper said to Brennan, passing him on his way into the cafeteria. At the very moment the camper passed him, Brennan could feel that he wasnât a morning person. It seemed that the camper had a not-so-ideal morning, for spreading through every inch of Brennan was now a sense of certain gloom. It wasnât that the other camper seemed to be extremely sad about something, but rather there was an indifference he had for the world around him that caused him to see little joy in it.
âWhat a great way to start off the morning,â Brennan thought to himself as that same indifference now possessed him. This indifference was tenfold because, even without feeling the camperâs emotions, Brennan was a fairly stoic and indifferent guy. Plus, the manâs slightly sarcastic personality was adding to Brennanâs own slightly sarcastic personality, which was, of course, just making Brennanâs morning
sooooo much better.
Fortunately, this experience didnât last. As soon as the man past by him, the feelings he had just conveyed through Brennan had quickly dissipated. It was only when Brennan chose to follow the camper that he began feeling those same feelings once again.
âVictor,â the camper said to another man,
âCan you explain the protocol for the combat training we are going to be receiving today?ââPerfect,â Brennan thought. This would be his chance to figure out what exactly was going to transpire during combat training.
Victor, whom Brennan assumed to be a mentor, looked back at the other man and said,
âEh? Oh! Right, training. I havenât fully figured out what exactly it is weâll be doing today, but I know we wonât be going up against Jeremiahâs campers if I can avoid it.ââI guess thatâs a good thing,â Brennan said in his head.
After Victor was done explaining the combat training to the camper (whose name Brennan learned to be Ghost), the mentor glanced up towards a clock, bid farewell, and suddenly disappeared into a wall.
âWoah,â Brennan thought to himself. He was so impressed that he almost said his little mental exclamation out loud.
With the mentor gone and Brennan fairly informed about the details of the upcoming sparring session, he realized that the room Victor just left out of was the kitchen. Brennan stepped through the door, hoping there would be some left over food. Unfortunately, he couldnât see any food. Instead, he saw a pair of campers just finishing the dishes, who Brennan suddenly realized were also just having a conversation.
âWhoops,â Brennan thought silently, getting out of the way of the girl walking out of the kitchen. Since the food was gone and there seemed to be nothing left to do dishes-wise, Brennan thought he might as well wait to follow one of the campers who possibly knew their way around and would be making their way to the sparring field in a few minutes. Therefore, he waited outside the kitchen for the campers to start making their way out. Fortunately, for Brennan, the two campers in the kitchen both seemed to be in fairly good moods, and that put Brennan in a fairly good mood as well. Hopefully, it would counteract the feelings Brennan was receiving from Ghost. Otherwise, Brennanâs new combat tactic would be to kill people with his excess amount of sarcasm.
