Elize is waken up by a cold breeze. It is morning. The bonfire is sparkling a little, it was lit all night. She puts the blanket that was covering her away, and goes to the cave's exit. She sees a vast empty plane. Sands as far as the eye can see. It's the only cave in all of this emptiness. Nearby is Gant. Next to him are some swords, knives, arrows and a bow. He seems to be cleaning them. To his left are two training dummies. 

- Gant?.... humbly asked Elize. 

- Ah, Elize, you woke up. That's great. Give me a few moments to finish up here. Replied Gant, while still cleaning his tools. 

- What is this place? after a short pause, Elize continues. I... I can't go home, can I? 

- This is where we will stay for a while. 

Elize is silent. Gant continues:

- You have a home no more, Elize. No family. 

Elize's eyes start to tear up. Gant still cleans his tools, but somehow he knows, that Elize is about to cry. 

- You show weakness again. Then what was it I saw, the first time I met you? 

- Huh?

Elize is confused. 

- I see a great potential in you. It would be a great waste, to not uncover it. And im done here. 

Gant stands up and turns to Elize. His face is not showing any particular emotion. Elize is a little bit frightened by him. 

- We will start training now. 

Grant aproaches Elize and continues:

- And the first step... Gant grabbed one of Elize's wing... we get rid of these. 

- No! 

Elize screams, she tries to get away from him. She flaps her wings, pushes him, tries to run, and falls. The grab is firm, and there is nothing he can do to escape it. 

- No! Let me go! 

Gant, as emotionless as before, starts cutting from the base, Elize's wing. The pain is unbearable. Elize screams her lungs out. Blood starts pouring out of her back. 

As the first wing got cut off, she escapes. She runs inside the cave, still crying from the pain:

- Don't come near me! 

Gant throws the wing away and follows her inside. He says:

- I forgot that feeling. I guess it hurts a lot. 

Elize curled up in a corner. She is crying. Seeing Gant aproaching she says:

- Stay away! Don't come close! Leave me alone. 

Gant grabs her other wing. Elize starts screaming because of the incoming pain she must endure. Gant says:

- The wings will only get in your way, impede your movement. I must cut off the other one, and stop the bleeding. 

Elize tries to push him away, screaming that it hurts. She beats him, all in vain however. Gant starts cutting off the second wing. The Elize's scream got three times louder, because of the cave's echo. Elize lost consciousness because of the pain. 

She wakes up on the same pillows, covered by the same blanket. She feels a stingy pain, as she moved her hand to touch her back, where the wings used to be. Bandages cover her torso, and she feels this stingy pain everytime she moves. The bonfire next to her is burning, emanating warmth. She gets up, and stealthy goes to the cave's exit. 

Elize sees the training dummies outside. She looks to the right, Gant is removing the skin from a dead animal. She silently moves to her left, every step she takes, stings her in the back, however, she is not making a sound. After a couple of silent steps, she starts running. She looks back at the cave, while running, the Gant is no more near the dead animal, she can't see him anywhere. She looks forward, and stumbles in his leg. 

- The first step you made was perfect. But the other ones... If I was the enemy, I'd nitice and killed you. 

- Leave me! 

Screamed Elize, and stars running the opposite way. Gant grabbed her hand, stopping her. 

- Let me go! You monster! 

She takes her hand back, she pushes Gant away, with no use of course, and continues running.

Elize runs, and calls for help. She's been running for a while, she starts to feel tired. She stops. Suddenly the stingy pain returns from her back. It takes her by surprise, as all this time she was running, she forgot about the pain. But now it hurts more than before, when she was just moving her hands. She looks around, the cave cannot be seen anywhere anymore, only sand. She starts calling for help again. Her calls are echoing in vain. The sun is setting, and it is getting a bit cold. She keeps walking. The sun disappeared over the horizon. Elize is getting more and more exhausted, but keeps walking. Her calls for help turned into mumbles. Eventually, she falls on the ground. She is tired, and hungry. 

- Somebody... hepl... 

She hears footsteps. 

- With thise wings, you wouldn't be able to go so far. You did well. But we will work more on your endurance.

This is Gant's voice. Elize is so exhausted, she can't turn her head, to see his face: "Most likely, it is as emotionless as ever" she thought to herself. The only thing she can see, is his old boots. 

Gant takes Elize in his arms, and walks back. Elize mumbles: 

- I'm hungry... 

- Dinner is almost ready. 

Elize looks at his face, no emotions, he looks straight forward, seems like nothing can shake him. 

The arrived back at the cave. Gant puts her on the pillows, and gives her a bowl of soup. She barely holds it. Gants sits near the bonfire, and eats the meat of the animal he skinned earlier. Elize is drinking her dinner, and starts to feel better. Her strength is replenishing. 

- The wounds on your back did not heal yet. You shouldn't have start your training today. 

- I was not training. I ran away! 

Replied Elize with anger. Gant is not replying, he continues to eat. Elize finished the soup. It was tasty, and she enjoyed it much,but does not want to say anything regarding it. She starrs at the meat that Gant is eating. 

- What are you gonna do to me? Just let me go! I want to go home... 

As she said that, her eyes wet up. 

- You have no home. And you are dead. 

Elize is confused, Gant continues:

- You are here with me, only because you used your strenght that day. Gant focuses his look on Elizes eyes, and continues. You became a shadow. No one felt your presence, while the pigs pillaged the hous and slaughtered the woman. 

Elize's eyes dries, she is focused on what Gant is saying.

- Even I hardly noticed you, when I entered the house. So, your potential cannot be wasted. 

Gant continues his meal. 

- You... You will hurt me again. 

- The training us not easy. 

Elize looks in her empty bowl. She does not know how to feel now. She realizes, that there is nowhere to run. Her past is gone. It is almost as it was never there. Her mom, her dad, and her friends. She lost them a few days ago, and it feels like she never had them in the first place. The phrase "Yoy are dead" keeps spinning in her mind. 

- I... I want some of that too... 

Gant throws a chunk of meat to her. Elize bites into it.