I rose early, as Lagode asked me to. He had changed largely. I could see nothing of him that I saw when I met him. He had me drill continually, almost 18 hours a day. I had began to lose count of the days I had spent in the Wilderness. I did not even consider running away, as I had seen Lagode's sword, and I wanted it. I even forgot why I was there. My only thoughts were of training. Overuse of the "I". You need to rearrange sentence structure so the story flows better. I rose early, as Lagode asked me to Could also read as "Before the sun rose above the distant hills, my feet hit the floor and I was out of bed. A great feeling of wanting to please Lagode filled my mind with every waking moment, and he would disapprove of sleeping in greatly..." Knowing and expressing the feelings and e