Chapter 4: Faking It
The woman behind the desk didn't look up right away.
She sat with one foot tucked under her, stylus in hand, tapping at a screen half-filled with unread flags. Her badge said Rescan Admin with her name being K. Nelar in peeling black print.
Lucen stepped inside and let the door close behind him.
The air in Room 2B smelled like old paper and cheap mana toner. A fan in the corner clicked every time it rotated.
"You're Lucen Ivara?" the woman asked, eyes still on her screen.
"Yeah."
"Sit."
He did.
The chair was plastic. Slightly crooked. One of the legs wobbled.
Her fingers tapped a final command and the screen shifted to a flat blue display.
"Your initial scan flagged for undeclared talent. Which means you didn't let the system assign a public class. Is that right?"