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“Let’s go.” It was clear from the tone of his voice that he didn’t think that any of them had a knack for archery. They all walked back to the motel to go to bed feeling slightly disappointed.
    As everyone was getting ready for bed, Sally asked Stan as she pulled off her armor, “So, what did you think of your first day of training?”
    â€œWell,” said Stan, “let’s just say I hope tomorrow is better, a lot better.” And they both laughed.
    The next day was considerably more enjoyable by all accounts. After a breakfast of bread, the four new players followed G to the outskirts of the village and took a ride in some mine carts to the entrance of a large mine.
    The upper mine was illuminated by torchlight, but Stan still couldn’t make out the sides. It was enormous. As they went farther down, there were fewer torches, but Stan could now see dozens of players hacking away at the sides with pickaxes. Stan guessed that this was where all the good materials were.
    The mine carts took them past several stops at different levels, and all the way down to the bottom of the mine. Down there, Stan saw a room constructed out of cobblestone, withtorchlight inside. The four new players and G walked into the room, and G explained Mining 101 to them. He showed them how to distinguish the seven different types of ore: coal, iron, redstone, gold, lapis lazuli, emerald, and diamond. Then he showed them which materials the pickaxes were good for mining and offered some basic mining safety tips: don’t dig straight down, watch out around gravel and sand, and so on.
    Once they were done, G took them out of the cobblestone-block room, gave out stone pickaxes, and taught them how to fight with them. Once again the training suits were put on, and there was another tournament. To everyone’s surprise, the one who excelled fastest at pickaxe fighting was Charlie. They had to get three hits in on their opponent, and Charlie beat Stan in the first round and then Kat in the second round. Needless to say, Kat obliterated the other boy. The best moment was during Charlie’s fight against Kat. He was up by two points when Kat took a lunge at him. He fell back and threw his pickaxe through the air, knocking off her helmet.
    They then started to mine. Stan did all right. Gravel only fell onto him once, and he got out of it pretty quickly. He also found some coal and iron ore, and even two blocks of lapis lazuli ore, which G said was a rare block used to make blue dye. Kat did about as well as him, not having any gravel fall on her, but not finding any lapis lazuli either. Charlie, however, excelled once again. He seemed to have a sixth sense thattold him which way to dig to find the best materials. He brought up much more iron than either of the others, and he also found five lapis lazuli ore blocks and even some gold ore, which G said was very rare. It was a shame, said G, that all materials found during the program went to the stores of the village.
    â€œBut don’t worry, I’m sure that you’ll find really good stuff mining on your own, Charlie,” said G with a smile. “You have the best mining instincts of anyone I’ve ever taught.”
    The three went home feeling content that they had done better at mining than they had at archery, with Charlie absolutely beaming at his newfound prowess.
    They had a dinner of watermelon and some more bread, and they were going to bed when Sally spoke to Stan yet again.
    â€œTomorrow you guys are with me,” she said to him. “I’m teaching you sword fighting and crafting.”
    â€œIs that so?” said Stan. “Well, I look forward to it.”
    â€œJust know,” said Sally, “I have high expectations for you.”
    Stan’s stomach flipped. “In what? Sword fighting or crafting?” he asked. Immediately afterward, he felt like an idiot.
    She looked him in the eyes and smiled. “Both,”