Book 2, Chapter 3: But you didn’t do anything
“You have to make your own fire for the exam, Kestovar,” Severa said after witnessing his reasonably competent display of Embertrace.
“Ranan said the same thing,” Kestovar murmured.
“Then you should have known that much.”
He stayed silent for a while. Rolen had said he needed to get the basics right first, but the fact stood that next month he’d need to light actual flames to pass practical tests. “Then what do you suggest I do?” he asked.
She thought for a moment, then said, “There might be some fireforms suitable for you. Unfortunately, I’d rather not demonstrate these in front of an audience.”
“Then when?”
“We are going to figure out a schedule,” she glanced at her wristglyph. “My job here is done.”
“But you didn’t do anything.”
“I only came to see if you’d shown up,” Severa said, matter-of-factly. “If you had, it would’ve been discourteous of me not to come. If you hadn’t, I’d have had a perfectly valid reason to remind you later.”
Can’t argue with that logic . . .
“Time is a valuable commodity, and I don’t have much of it to spare at the moment,” she went on. “If we’re to make any progress, we’ll have to reschedule. Can I also expect you at the Air Thaumaturgy practical this afternoon?”
“Actually—”
“You are going to make an excuse again.”
I can’t! I’m having private lessons with Kaldrin. “No, but I really cannot.”
“I will come anyway, and will have time to spare, so you’d best prepare something resembling participation.” With that, she swung her cloak and walked off. It hadn’t even been a full five minutes since she’d shown up.
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