Ashlynn shook her head at the distinctly 'manly' display between Ollie and Thane. Try as she might, she couldn't understand why standing in place and allowing a friend to hit you was an important ritual, but the look on Ollie's face told her that even if she didn't understand, he did.
The moment shared between the old knight and the young one forged a bond unlike any other. It transformed Ollie from a simple kitchen boy into the latest link in a chain of proud knights stretching back to before the founding of the Kingdom of Gaal. Thane had once stood where Ollie did, receiving a painful lesson from his father and a reminder of his virtues. His father had once stood in the same place, receiving his lesson from the future Lothian Marquis who had in turn received a lesson from another knight…
