scene 4 of chapter 1 first draft

Signed-off-by: Christine Dodrill <me@christine.website>

scripts/redo-continuously

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 #!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
 #! nix-shell -p redo-apenwarr -p entr -i bash
 
+redo all
 redo-sources | entr redo all

src/chapter-1/scene-4.md

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+\pagebreak
+
+Alicia strode across camp and made her way to her team's barracks. Her team was
+one of the better performing ones in the Zhalrami School of Bladecraft. It got
+her to thinking about her father.
+
+Her father had done a lot of the hard work raising her after her mother passed
+from the mage trials. The Zhalrami army was so desperate for spellcasters that
+they had invaded her home town of Letsel and found her mother. Alicia's mother
+Ashe was a natural born mage, absurdly skilled in her craft. She used her talent
+to help her community thrive. Tistus had gotten into a tustle one day and had
+broken his arm. Without Ashe's intervention, Tistus would have easily suffered a
+life of deformity or worse.
+
+Alicia paused as she approached her cot. It was exactly as she had left it. The
+corner she left folded was in the same upper left corner that it was always in.
+She stretched and laid down in the bed. Her mind drifted back to a warning that
+her mother had given her: "If you see signs of the awakening, hide your hands.
+They can't find you if they never see your hands glow. If it happens in public,
+you're on your own. Lie if you must."
+
+Alicia curled up in her cot and held her hands out in front of her face. Her
+hands were immaculate, which was odd given all of the training. One of her claws
+had gotten scuffed in the battle. She grabbed a nail file from her bag and
+started sanding it down.
+
+Tistus walked over by Alicia and knelt down next to her, purring. Alicia purred
+back and smiled. "Good work out there. I don't entirely know how that worked
+out, but you were catalytic to it. Thank you." Tistus smiled back.
+
+"I was just doing what felt right. How did Belsa react?"
+
+"Oh she yelled at us both, slow clapped too. Zekas seemed to take it well
+though."
+
+Tistus grinned more.
+
+"That sea-sucker needs to get taken down a notch sometimes."
+
+"Maybe, it's getting late though. Let's rest for tomorrow. We've got green team
+tomorrow. The Chees are on offense."
+
+"Good point. Night 'leesh."
+
+"Night 'tus."
+
+Tistus headed to his nearby cot and curled up under the blanket. Alicia could
+hear him start to snore almost instantly. Her mom was never able to fix that
+issue.
+
+Alicia looked back at her hands again and stared deep into them. _Am I a mage?_
+she thought, _That can't be. My skills lie in the battlefield. This can't be
+happening to me. I'll get expelled. I'll have to go back to that town. I'll lose
+Tistus. I--_
+
+Alicia caught that she was caught in an anxiety spiral and took a deep breathe
+like her mom had shown her. Deep breath in for a count of four, hold for a count
+of four, out for a count of four, hold for a count of four. Then repeat. Focus
+on the Now, not the Then. In, hold, out, hold. Pause to savor the moment that's
+happening, not the moment that's not happened yet. Deep, calm breaths.
+
+After a few moments, the panic subsided and Alicia was left laying on her cot
+staring at the ceiling. _I miss you mom and dad_ she thought to herself before
+the tiredness caught up with her.
+
+Alicia was asleep.

src/zz_end/dictionary.md

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 ## Dictionary
 
-This list of words will help you 
+This list of words will help you understand any terms that were left unchanged
+from their original incarnations.
+
+#### Bladecraft
+
+Swordfighting, physical martial arts, archery, and similar such things.
 
 #### Snep
 
 Snow Leopard. 
+
+#### Spellcraft
+
+Magic via either raw intent or words of power.