This war is getting more brutal with each passing day.
If I don't learn to adapt, I'll never survive.
Maybe if I work on my bow skills, I can get good
[cdb]enough to fight from a safe distance.
I wonder if Petra would teach me. I mean, she doesn't
[cdb]hate me, so that must mean we sort of get along...
You are needing my help, Bernadetta?
Augh! Petra! Were you there this whole time?
For enough time. I am also thinking we are
[cdb]getting along.
You...do? Aww, Petra!
Um, but I mean...I actually could use your help.
I want to get better with the bow, so I was thinking
[cdb]maybe you could give me some intensive training?
But I mean, you really don't have to! It's fine!
Of course! It would give me delight.
But there is one concern I am having.
Oh... It's the fact that I'm horribly untalented,
[cdb]isn't it?
No, you are not without talent. I have seen you being
[cdb]very light upon your feet.
But it is only when you are feeling threatened. So
[cdb]for you to have the greatest improvement, I must
[cdb]be giving you fear when I am training you.
Um...OK? But maybe you could be threatening in
[cdb]a non-threatening way?
That could be done, but then you would not be
[cdb]having improvement. Terror is what you are
[cdb]needing for this.
I don't think I like the sound of that...
Then we must be forgetting this idea. I do not want
[cdb]your heart to be giving out.
Hey, come on! I'm not completely afraid of applying
[cdb]myself, you know!
If we are doing this intensive training, you will have
[cdb]to be facing the trial of wind. I am thinking you
[cdb]lack the readiness you need.
The trial...of wind?
You know what? Do your worst! My heart can
[cdb]take whatever you dish out and...and...chew it into
[cdb]little, tiny pieces!
...
Very well. Once we have our beginning, I will not
[cdb]relent. I hope you have offered your prayers today!
Eep! On second thought, maybe we should discuss
[cdb]this just a little more before we—Goddess, save me!
Petra! Enough! Cease! Your arrows are just one
[cdb]big blur!
Now it is time for seriousness. One hundred arrows
[cdb]from behind!
I THOUGHT WE WERE ALREADY SERIOUS!
Is this...the afterlife? Am I dead?
You have done it, Bernadetta! You are the survivor of
Brigid's fearsome trial by wind.
What does that...even mean?
This training is meant to be testing our resolve,
[cdb]just as the spirits do.
Warriors of Brigid who are surviving the trial receive
[cdb]the blessings of the wind spirits.
You have passed. Now the spirits will be with you
[cdb]always and guiding your arrows.
I passed? Yes! You go, Bernie! But actually, I'm just
[cdb]happy to get your approval here. It feels...nice.
It is the approval of the wind spirits, not mine. But
I am sharing in your happiness all the same.