"You're not wrong," Les agreed with a little smile. At the end of the day, if she was truly confronted with the choice, she'd take having powers and dealing with this shit any day of the week. She wasn't sure if 'normal' ever was a choice for her life.

She was glad that Piper was taking this seriously. She'd be lying if she said she'd doubted it but she was sure it had to do with last night. Experiences like that would do it to you. "It wasn't my favorite thing but it can help. Using cans of soup and gallon jugs to add weight was the next thing I was going to suggest."

For the next hour to an hour and a half, Les put through Piper through strength exercises and cardio to get their blood pumping. Through it all, she started to explain some of the most common creatures she'd likely come across and the best methods to fight them. "At the end of the day, push come to shove, if they're coming after you, use everything you have to your advantage because you can believe they will," Les said as they took a moment to rest, walking over to her bag and pulling out two bottles of water and tossing one to Piper.

Next, or once Piper was ready, they'd move onto some basic self-defense.