Theron's actions were so abrupt that the academic stream students by his side didn't even realize what was happening. Or more accurately, they didn't see what happened at all.
It wasn't until the Third Year of the military stream screamed that they saw the end result, but even then, they didn't know that it was actually Theron who had done it. How could they ever guess at such a thing? On its face, it just felt so completely and utterly ridiculous.
But then the Third and Fourth Year of the military stream both took out their weapons, a spear and a glaive suddenly pointing right at Theron.
Theron himself, though, had already hopped up from his seated position, landing on the back of his horse with two feet. In terms of leverage and ability to read and react, he was in the superior position. By comparison, the experience these two military stream students had with battling on horseback—while there—was still obviously limited.
