[sylvanSpider]

The scene was picturesque. The sun was shining and Aren had come prepared and set the chalkboard between them. They took turns copying letters and trying again. “Okay, we'll worry about grammar and stuff for later lessons, alright? Let's focus on word construction. You seem t'know most of the letters and their sounds, but did you know they can make different sounds in specific words based on the letters around it? Here, I'll give you an example.” He took the chalkboard and wrote the word 'chalk' on its surface.

“Okay, so if you tried to sound this word out, it would sound like calk or something like right? But check it, when a 'c' is with an 'h' it makes a 'ch' sound. So what does this word say knowing what you know now?” Aren was beaming when Tristan read the word correctly on the first try. “Good sh---stuff, my man!” Aren said, altering his language realizing that Tristan was still a kid for all intents and purposes.

He stood up, tilting his head not needing him to point out the smoke, “Something in another district? Should we go check it out?”