Piper couldn't remember the last time she'd sweated so much. Jogging had gotten too easy for her, but this was kicking her ass. In a good way.

Through most of the lesson, she stayed quiet and just listened. Mostly because talking would reveal just how out of breath she was. But, she was also paying absolute attention to everything said, trying her best to fix it in her mind. She had no illusions now that this information could save her life.

"I'm getting the sense," she said after a long drink from the water bottle Les tossed her, "that there's no such thing as fighting honorably with these monsters. Is that true?"