"A little whirlwind." She laughs. "Not as bloody as the normal fare here, but some actual variety is exciting."

Elesse taps her betting card. "I'm hoping it stays fresh for a while yet."

"It'll take more than a season to wear off, at least," she says, waving her hand negligently. "Though it depends how far she gets, of course."

"I have confidence she'll go very far."

Hum. "We'll see."

She's watching the matches with a keen eye; Ani's out again - clearly not being given a chance to rest right now. (Not uncommon, with new challengers who do unexpectedly well.)

Elesse joins her observations, stretching out with the Force to get a sense for how her padawan's doing.

She's doing well, still - the long series of fights are actually her preference. Keeps her in that meditative zone, rather than forcing her to drop in and out of it constantly. The bruises she's accumulated aren't bothering her yet, and her muscles are still at a pleasant ache.

(Anakin's record with endurance fights in the Temple measures in hours, though those are with the Force to bolster her.)

Ani's not using the Force, here, but she's enjoying that extra challenge - Elesse gets a sense from the chatter and the intensity of focus of the event coordinators that they might try challenging her record next time she's on the bracket. 

Good.

She settles in to watch.

Fights run effectively constantly; Ani wasn't signed up for the entire day cycle, of course, and after several somewhat exhausting hours, she rotates out. 

She goes to the common lounge to wait for her Master, trying to keep her head up and her gaze even despite her weariness. She's definitely bruised pretty well, a bit bloody (her lip's split, she has scrapes on her knees and hands, a small cut above her eyebrow...), her muscles and feet and hands nice and sore. She'd fallen a few times, of course, and some of those scrapes - and her clothes - have sawdust in them. 

They have time, still, before Elesse's appointment. Enough for a shower, and some time to decompress, and perhaps a dry run of what Elesse will be doing to Ani later. Not enough for Ani to sleep, though. 

"Let's go get you patched up, girl." Elesse takes Ani's shoulders and guides her away.

In their room, while she's tending her wounds, Elesse will explain about their appointment.

She really likes Elesse tending her wounds.

(That helps her not feel too weird about Elesse agreeing to the appointment without checking in with Anakin first - without this person being someone Anakin's ever seen before.)

She nods as Elesse explains. "What're you thinking of doing?"

"A reprise of our first seems simplest."

(Less weird for Elesse to have agreed to without Anakin, too. Anakin's already - done all that in front of a stranger, after all.)

She makes an affirmative noise. "Yeah... I don't mind more time to just rest, too, if you don't think we'd need to - test it again." Though doing the dry run with Elesse is fun and soothing, and Anakin thinks it gives her a mental anchor for it that makes the later part feel less weird. 

"It's your body, Anakin. Whether we do or not is up to you."

"...Oh."

"I'm kinda sore and tired right now? But..." She shrugs. "That's not a big deal, and we're doing the appointment itself anyways. And - I like also having something private with it? So it's not - just happening in front of some stranger."

"Would you rather not do the appointment? I will cancel if you tell me to."

...Awkward squirm. "I'm okay, and - I don't want to really set us back here?"

"But - maybe just ask me first next time?"

"I will. And I apologize for not doing so this time."

Small smile. "Thanks."

"It's just - intimate. So I was surprised a bit." (She feels so awkward.)

Then: "Who's this time with?"

"Jan Surcyck. A local lieutenant."

Nod.

She asks a few more questions, unwinding a little, and then: "Can we - maybe do a gentler version of it first? Same actions, but - going at it less hard. Just to ground me."

"Of course, Anakin."

Fond smile. "Thanks."

And then they can begin.

It's nice; a softer kind of pleasure than the first time, but it still brings her into that serene haze. Her existing wounds help, actually, as does her tiredness - she's already pretty close to where she needs to be to let go.