9400 words this time, which is another reason why I had to use the previous chapter's natural break point. This one extends the training, along with providing the partial answer to a question. It's something where a number of readers had already worked out the possibility (and long-timers will understand how it's being done -- which is something I'll have to correct in a future chapter for the this-story-only crowd), but now there's a degree of confirmation. A certain option is not available.
We'll come back to Cerea in June: I want Anchor Foal to be up next. But when we do, there are going to be people she has to meet. One of them is set up towards the end of this chapter, although most of that encounter may stay offscreen. And as for another...
...y'know, this story has sort of been Old Home Week for OCs...