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outside was

arm orange glow across the floors and long shadows into the corners. A few students moved in the distance, talki

ing back toward

ices around the corner ahead. Three of them. Male.

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een caught talking about someone and are very aware that they know it. Kael looked at them. They looked at him.

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not do that

uickly. None of the th

him, just barely within hearing range, one of them

ept wa

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st Year,

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the bed and looke

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with a broken stone and a notification he did not und

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and slightly too much energy for this late in the evening. She had short brown hair and t

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lace," s

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incident. The broken stone. Darius's face when the ranki

the side o

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what everyone exp

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d her head

ay you did nothing. Then something extraordinary happens anyway. Peop

to that. She was not wro

ened up from

r Hale has scheduled an individual session with you t

miliar weight

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more edge to it, "Darius Vane has been telling people

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hallway before he could respond. Her footsteps faded qui

ence of his room an

allenge from the top rival in his year. And a Luck Event he still did n

e glowing lette

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