Aust & Revan Diversions While Traveling
Having walked this road before, Revan takes advantage of even the little familiarity to work on mental skills, particularly, how to get into Aust's head. To read his thoughts. To communicate with him. To feel the emotions he feels. Manipulating the Way, she attempts about every half hour or so the first day of travel. She holds his hand while she attempts. If successful, she stands next to him walking, and then experiments with the distance. Call it telepathy, empathy, or mind-reading, she works on making herself better at those mental disciplines.
In addition, she practices infusing the Way with her bow, using it to properly measure the pull pressure to reach different ranges. Already an above-average archer, she practices bullseye shots on moving small game as she comes across it, intending to acquire a little extra variety in their evening meals. She does not use her best arrows, and she attempts to hit targets in the open such that she won't have to hunt for lost arrows.
Aust works on tracking and orienteering, mixing the Way as best he can to improve his ability to know where he is, what's around him, and retaining a photographic mental image in his head of where they are on a map, where the settlements are, where they came from, and where they are going. He also keeps an eye out for more usable flora along the road, particularly looking for suitable trees in the region from which to make a staff, more spears, and a bow for himself. As he walks, he uses the way to focus his eyes in on the minute details of what's around him, saving a look or two for his beautiful mate.