Helanie:
"I am glad you came," Rudy was in the woods, finishing up when I showed up. He only gave me a smile when he noticed my two friends behind me, and his smile started to fade a little.
"Hey guys, I didn't know I was getting lucky with so many students today," he managed to smile, despite looking visibly unhappy.
"I hope it's okay," I confirmed with him, and he gave me a nod. His sudden shift back to a good mood was helpful because I was seeing this practice as just a way to train and not for other reasons.
In the next few minutes, he helped us warm up and then began to reminisce about his own first classes. He brought out his old registers, which shocked me. He used to give himself daily tasks—exercises he had to do, including very hard ones like taking rounds of mountains without much help from his wolf.
