Mr Simon explained the exercise with another physical display. Gwen thought about Simon doing all those exercises for each student. Even without increasing gravity, those constant strains must have pushed his stamina. Of course, she knew little of the limits of the human body, but just the few sets she had done had sent aches across her body. She had always been on the small side though. It was better to just forget it. She entered the school building.

  Inside she saw a sign with Follow The Line in tile letters, and on the ground was a long white line going further into the building. Following the instructions, Gwen walked along the line until it guided her around a turn where an older girl stood. She saw Gwen immediately and called, “Over here. The test will be held in here.”

  Gwen entered the room where a number of other students sat at desks waiting with mixed patience. She counted fourteen other students in a four-by-four square and even noticed that one of them was the boy who attacked her. The half-demon, Adrian Priest. He sat at the front of the furthest row and seemed to be laid back napping. Which was good as only the last two furthest from him were open. So long as he didn’t notice there should be no issue.

  “Please take the next seat.” The older girl instructed, and at first Gwen tried to take the very last seat, but the girl called, “I said the next seat. Please do as instructed.”

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  Gwen hesitated. Her mind ran through the possibilities. What could she do? She didn’t want to be in clear view of anyone. Gwen blinked her eyes and quickly concluded that it was better to risk one person sitting behind her than to risk an argument in front of everyone. Hesitation drew more attention so she stood up nodded her head and sat in the seat in front of her, but the worry didn’t leave her. She sat as still as she could. Waiting and hoping the last seat won’t be filled. But it was.

  “Over here.” the older girl called out into the hall, and Kevin walked into the class with annoyance obvious on his face. “Take the next seat.”

  Looking at the last desk he commented, “There’s only one seat left.”

  “Yes, and now we can begin.” The older girl closed the classroom with a bang bringing everyone to attention. Adrian jerked and yawned, causing a wave through some of the other more bored students. “Now please pay attention. This test isn’t just one test. You will be taking, in fact, six tests. Each with ten questions.”

  The older girl pulled a stack of papers out of the teacher’s desk and started walking around the room handing one to each student, “You are to answer each question to your best ability. We ask that you do not consult any outside resources you may have. This includes data banks in omnitools or books with wells of knowledge. We ask that you use your own personal, individual, isolated well of knowledge. And of course, no cheating off other students.”