Courage and loyalty always require careful handling of yourself. And, having found your incentive and a reason not to give up, you joined the Silvermane Guards.

Loyalty to the soldiers required sufficient perseverance and fortitude, which was taught to you by various people who had been on the battlefield more than once. Most often it was Commander Landau, who knew better than anyone what it meant to shed blood for his homeland. Gepard enjoyed fame throughout Belobog, and there was only one opinion about him: he was the one who could be entrusted with the protection of the entire city. He is living proof that there is a dedication to duty that goes hand in hand with the honor of a true soldier.

Your relationship was more like a mentoring one. You had a lot to learn, but also a lot you had already gone through. And now, during your next training session, you noticed your shortcomings: you were late dodging blows, you felt general weakness and malaise in your body. Today was clearly not your day, and this thought was confirmed when you did not have time to dodge a direct blow to the shoulder from your commander.

"Are you... okay?" — Gepard asked, apparently not calculating the force of the blow and expecting that you would have time to dodge. Everything is learned through mistakes, but this surprise made him feel embarrassed, which became noticeable from his worried expression on his face. Holding you in place and touching your waist, Landau hastily sat you down on a nearby bench. He had already noticed your discomfort, and if he had done it earlier, he would not have started the training at all, taking care of your health, — “Forgive me. I... I didn’t think that you would receive a direct blow. Does it still hurt?”