Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-24487330-20140311194023/@comment-24487330-20140715163634

Now this was more like it. Camo listened closely as the other members of the group shared their findings; they were putting some serious thought into it, which reflected more dedication than he had seen previously. He didn't say it at the time, but that was definitely worth his respect. Gylfie in particular was especially thorough in her assessments, even picking up on a peculiar habit that he himself hadn't noticed before. "Excellent," he answered as she concluded with a query of validation. "It's not every day you meet someone with that much attention to fine details like that...I could probably learn a thing or two from you yet.

"Now, remember: the point of this wasn't to look for things that need correction, just to learn about what we do when we aren't paying attention. The point of meditation is to find balance, and you can't do that if you're seeking perfection instead. Unfortunately, we as humans...er, and Faunus, sorry...tend to want to correct our mistakes when we find them. That's where the real difficulty is: most people lose their patience trying to find that perfect posture or hit that ideal rhythm of breathing, and they burn out real fast and just give up. If you want to find balance and peace of mind, you can't let these things force you into action.

"OK, let's try again," Camo concluded, standing up. "I'll be observing as well this time. Go ahead, spread out and get started, then come on back when you're finished and we'll review again."

((The way I figure it, this round won't be too much different from the first one, so we can keep it short if you prefer. Once this meeting is over, though, I'm thinking we can advance to a point where Gretel's closer to overcoming her fear. I think it'd be wise to make a new thread for that, since we'd be deviating from the original topic a bit, but it's up to you all if you want to give the characters some time to do other things before then or if you want to start the next thread immediately and fill in the time skip later.))