[Isil Telperion]

None of the man’s orders seemed to make any sense. In the beginning I didn’t know what he meant by give me 30. Then, I saw no point on pushing up and down with my arms or to run around a camp. It was tiring and pointless. But still, the commander seemed very determined in making us obey him, so I did.

The weight of the armour made everything harder but, for someone used to fire a longbow, those push ups were kids play.
The running was much shorter than the ones I gave when pursuing preys with my backpack full with my belongings, so after the short exercise I felt I was ready for real training.

Never the less, I couldn’t help but wonder if those exercises were not suppose to make us stop thinking and start obeying to orders, or even to establish a chain of command. Although I didn’t know much about army life, it seemed to me that teem work had to be essential for an army’s survival. So, these basic principals and exercises were necessary.

Then it hit me, could it be possible that for some people these exercises were tiresome, and they actually need them to gain strength and stamina? If that was the case, what seemed punishment was really good for us.
Further more, all this activity would probably make us bond, for we begun to have something in common, the treatment the commander gave us.