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Zeff was in charge of Jax’s training at the [[Coop]]. He was harsh with Jax, and made him spend hours upon hours on The Post. He took Jax’s [[Shiloh|sword]] away from him, and said Jax cancould have it back when he knew how to use it.{{book ref|Lux|5}} He showed Jax the [[motivator]] workshop, but said Jax cancould only work there once he reads all of the dozens of books on motivators and biochemistry they have.

At long last, Zeff started teaching Jax swordplay. He only taught Jax how to block strikes, and says that Jax cancould attack once he had blocked 100,000 sword strikes. After a long time training with practice swords, Jax lashed out at Zeff out of frustration and anger, striking Zeff hard in the ribs. Jax said that he has blocked the required 100,000 sword strikes. Zeff simply corrected Jax’s stance, and they continued training as if it hadn’t happened. That night, Zeff told Jax that he had broken Rule Three: You are weak. Zeff made Jax stand on the post, and that night, he returned Jax’s [[Shiloh|sword]] to him, polished and sharpened.{{book ref|lux|8}}

Two years passed, and Zeff taught Jax and Paige stealth, acrobatics, observation, and firearms. Despite how he downplayed guns, Zeff was an extremely good shot. Though Jax initially struggled, he eventually got better at firearms. Paige, however continually remained the better shot. Zeff made Jax fight older kids who arewere five or more yearyears older than him. In addition, Zeff made Jax fight outnumbered, sometimes facing two or more enemies. Jax and Paige started working together, fighting side by side. From then on, Zeff let them fight together but made the bouts even more unfair, making them fight up to six or seven enemies at once, or making them be otherwise impaired.{{book ref|lux|9}}

Months later, [[Prof]] came to visit the Coop. Zeff locked Jax and Paige in the kitchen, saying that he was too embarrassed to present them to Prof. Zeff met with Prof, unaware that Jax and Paige were eavesdropping on his conversation. He praised Jax’s determination and great skill with the sword, and talked about how impressed he was with Jax. Upon returning to the kitchen, Zeff noticed Jax’s smirk and saw the ventilation duct in the kitchen that they’d used to escape. He discerned what had happened, but instead of being angry, he was impressed with Jax’s skill rather than angry.{{book ref|lux|9}} The next day Prof asked Jax about his work with motivators, and Zeff revealed that he has known the whole time about Jax sneaking out every night to work on them in secret. Zeff also revealed that he had been finding certain objects that Jax needed and planting them for Jax to “steal.”{{book ref|lux|10}}

The same day, Prof called a meeting with all the Reckoners at the Coop. [[Abigail]], one of the Texas [[Reckoners]], arrived at the Coop. Zeff greeted her with a smile and kissed her. Zeff introduced Jax and Abigail, though Abigail already knew a lot about Jax. At the meeting, Prof assigned almost all of the Reckoners to go to Arlington with Abigail to intercept [[Lux (city)|Lux]]. He gave Zeff and Jax the task of going to [[Wikipedia: El Paso, Texas|El Paso]], a former battlefield where a large group of Epics had fought against Lux and lost, and where [[Dean Knighthawk]] had set up a mobile lab.{{book ref|lux|10}}