Everyone cleaned up and dried themselves off before changing into fresh sets of clothes.
Michael and I decided it was finally time to gather everyone and start teaching them the Essence Circulation Technique. Finally!
I won't bother you with the details, because I can't stress enough how long it took.
By now, you must already know these people possessed an unmatched ability to lose the thread of a conversation and veer off-topic every single time.
On top of that, Michael kept tripping over his own words and dancing around the subject. He wasn't the best liar in the world.
So more than once, I had to step in and help him explain things in a way that wouldn't reveal his secret or make anyone suspicious.
We told them he had found this technique in an ancient tome he discovered in the Academy library, and that he'd shared it with me for a price.
We also told them we hadn't taught it to them earlier because the technique required practice to get used to. A lot of practice.
