Chapter 31: Testing Troubles - Page 1
Kir suffered through the speech that followed in silence, feeling a wave of memories return to him, year after year of sitting through speeches. He couldn't remember the words, but the feeling of familiar boredom was enough to make his eyes drift until suddenly Rain was poking him and handing him a pair of sheets.
"Hey, uh, mind getting one to her?" he pointed across the way to Ann and Kir stood up to walk the short distance to her, handing her the form and one of the two pencils that he'd been given. Even before he turned his back, the girls one row ahead of her were tittering excitedly, and acting like Kir was scary.
He ignored them and returned to his test.
"Arithmetic..." he muttered, looking at each of the problems in turn. Nothing on the test was any more complicated than the Pythagorean theorem, and he made sure to show all his work before waving down Rain, who jogged enthusiastically up to Kir.
"I'm done," Kir said as soon as Rain arrived.
"Woah, that fast? I should get you to teach me a thing or two," he looked over Kir's test to make sure all the answers had been filled in, then jogged back down the aisle ramp to the center, handing off the test to a man with a pinched face and glasses, who took one look at the test before reaching for a stamp and pressing it into the top of the page.
As soon as he returned to the ground, Kir waved Rain over. "So, um, do I get to take the next test?" Kir asked.
"Well, we're supposed to give you the full hour, but if you really want to I could ask..." He beamed at Kir, and Kir couldn't help but return his smile.
He jogged back down, the wind of his passage ruffling a few tests, and after a bit of conversation with the proctor, who stared in Kir's direction for a long moment, returned with another test.