Isobel handed her two grain filled bags. "Every night before you go to sleep and every morning as soon as you wake up, you need to squeeze these bags. It's designed to strengthen your hands and wrists which is even more important than your arm."

"Will I be learning to fight with both hands?" Meghan asked.

"Not likely," Isobel smiled, "unless you suffer a grievous injury to an arm, but it's good you get strength on both sides at once, else you'll be lopsided; one side bigger than the other. Makes a lass less pretty."

"Might not be so bad for a boy," Ailene agreed, laughing, "men are ugly brutes...