The Opening Exam

   After being properly educated by the senior instructor, a cadet must be trained in the arts of physical combat.  They must endure stress in all possible scenarios and be able to maintain focus at all times.

   Before a cadet can be trained, he or she must be tested to find out what level of training would be appropriate to begin at.  Cadets vary in strengths and weaknesses and the range for courage vastly differed for each of them.  Being caught underground with a claustrophobic Shent could be disastrous.

   Normally, the opening exam was taken by one cadet at a time.  However, Kagyra and Irith of Aran would do it together.  Ziruy put the order in, just as he was...

Please subscribe to keep reading.