Lyra POV

The evening was disastrous.

It seemed like every fighter Lyra had trained had stage fright for a while, and some had even refused to fight the next day.

Lyra had ordered a tonne of pizza and ice cream to calm them down, even though the Generals didn't approve of her methods, one of them going as far as to call it a 'bribe.’

Sure enough, after they all had some carbs, they calmed down, and Lyra had gotten them to talk about why they were afraid of fighting the following day.

Some were afraid of disappointing their parents, and for those kids, Lyra organised phone calls home to...