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"Discipline?" Spink looked alarht To be called directly to the commander’s office for discipline, after class hours, bespoke an extreht well lead to suspension or dismissal

Caulder s of what it is all about," he said in a sugary voice that ilanced out the"I do suggest you hurry, however"

"Do you want me to come with you?" I asked Spink Curiosity and dread were devouring ested slyly

"I’ll be back soon enough," Spink said with a venoreatcoat, and moments later disappeared down the stairs

"Did he finish his math before he went?" Gord asked ood as any cadet’s, but his weakness in calculations still undermined his marks

"I don’t know," I replied

"We’ve section tests next Fiveday," Gord coroaned, for I had pushed that dread to the back of my mind Section tests meant that we’d be tested in every one of our subjects, and our marks posted to our records We’d weathered one section test so far that year I had not done as well as I had expected, but then, no one had This time I intended to be better prepared

"Well, all we can do is the best we can do," I ain

"And you new noble sons had best do well at your sections!" Caulder interjected I hadn’t even been aware he was still there

"We expect to," Gord returned mildly

"Why must we do well?" Trist asked suddenly