Chapter 2 Scene 2

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     them into accepting their life scenario.
   - Alicia is given an option to speak on their behalf before the verdict is
     given.
-  - Alicia is the Spellblade.
+  - Alicia is the Spellblade.
+  - Maybe end it here???

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-Alicia wakes up after another rejection nightmare, decides to shelve and ignore the issue of her magic for now. Alicia confides in Tistus about her dream, intersperse fragments of the dream experience.
+It was a beautiful day in Nord Sewlet. Alicia was up to no good with other kids building a snow fort. The other group of kids had challenged them to a battle, and Alicia was more than happy to oblige. Their snow fort was made, complete with their bunker full of snowball ammunition. One of the other kids taunted over with "dumb girls, I bet your fort isn't even ready!"
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+"You wanna eat those words?" Alicia shouted back. Alicia had a reputation for being the most accurate with her snow projectiles, using her body as a trebuchet she could easily thwack her foes across the battlefield...sometimes that is.
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+They cast the first snowball. The battle was on. The fight was not bloody, but it was over as soon as one of the snowballs missed the enemy fort. It struck the side of the mountain and then the shaking started. It was an avalanche.
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+_NO!_ Alicia screamed to herself in her mind, shocking herself awake. She was safe in the bladecraft school. _There was no avalanche, it was a dream. I'm safe, it was a dream. I'm awake, it was a dream._ Alicia ran down the list of affirmations from her mother, using them to pull herself to her normal state of calm. _Anxiety is a bitch_, she thought.
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+Alicia looked over and saw Tistus unceremoniously on his back and twitching happily like he was dreaming. _At least someone's having a decent dream_.
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+Alicia quietly stole forward over to Tistus' cot. Her presence made his eyes flutter open and he instinctively purred in his sleep. Alicia grabbed Tistus in a tender, caring hug; the kind of hug that you can only understand when you wake up from horrific nightmares of your past. Tistus stirred and yawned. He whispered to Alicia "Another one?" Alicia nodded. "The avalanche?" Alicia nodded again. Tistus hugged back tighter, these ones always hit Alicia hard.
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+They stayed like that for what felt like an hour or two, but then the blissful silence was broken by the morning bell. Alicia stretched and yawned, then gracefully started to stand. It was morning: another day, another battle. 
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+As Alicia was getting dressed in her class uniform Tistus looked up at Alicia. "You know you can talk with me about that any time you need, right? It must be tough to have all that bottled up so much."
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+Alicia nodded back and hugged him as her response. "I'll try."
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+Alicia's thoughts returned to the battle yesterday. The anxiety from the adrenaline of her magic was still there. _No_, she thought. _I need to stop thinking about this. This will only cause trouble if I keep thinking about it. I'm not a witch, that was a fluke and it won't happen again._
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+She put on her boots and tied them, hopefully to uniform spec. She was ready for the day, but first her stomach was ready for a meal at the canteen.

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+Alicia scowled across the battlefield as she studied the paper her teacher gave her. "Yep, they have the high ground. You need to capture their flag and bring it back."
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+Alicia nodded and turned to her team to start formulating strategy.
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+"Oh, one more thing:", the teacher interrupted. "If you travel in groups of less than 2, the green team is allowed to tag members of your team out. This will count against you in the scoring. If you wanna do well, don't go it alone."
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+"I see, thanks for warning us." Alicia said confidently. The teacher replied "you're welcome, good luck."
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+_That's totally not ominous._
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+Alicia looked over her team and sighed. "I knew that "