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"Hey!" he exclai it wasn’t hi down "You just invalidatedas she turned to a sudden noise in the hall "Sorry I didn’t know they were bio hop, she raced to the brokenThe class erupted in noise, and Silas stood, gasping when so and tripped her The wo into a roll, but there were too s sprawled Soer

The door to the room was yanked open, and a professionally dressed s his professor, Silas sighed at his defunct test

"Someone pick her up Who is that?" Professor Woo deh hih the s flashed blue, and the shock of an utter absence of sound shook hiht as ti flicker, the light returned to a warain sitting at his desk People were shouting, oblivious that they were replaying the last five seconds in ti why--but she’d remember both timelines until theyhirin, she leapt over the foot even before it was extended Like an exotic rock cli the decorative trim to swarm up the wall until she reached the brokenfraain yanked open

Brow furrowed in anger, his instructor walked in, the small man silent this time, hands on his hips as he scanned for whoever had drafted

And then the light flashed red as ti him scan the room for a response, but clearly everyone but his professor was oblivious to what had happened Even the wo by a chunk ofmemory that she’d made a mistake that needed to be rubbed out Sheat hi his thick hands, Silas looked at his defunct exam No one in here was a potential anchor Not even a blip of déjà vu Opti’s students went on to the FBI, CIA, and mall security It was only the top one percent who continued in the prograents, and then one percent of thenored Professor Woo as he carand, sophonizing drafted ti theood, actually, to risk in the field Bla it on his size, they shoved hi the surety of electronics to the vagaries of the huained before he found out he had the ability to be an anchor Earning another in drafter studies was easy, seeing as he was adding to the technologies as he went

"Silas" Professor Woo was closer this tied He didn’t know every drafter, just , Professor Woo turned to the instructor who’d come in with him "Go see if you can find out who that was," he said, and, nodding, the older woinning to stand, questions rising, and Professor Woo held up a hand "Sit down Sit down!" he said in perfect lish "Or all your tablets will be invalidated" Eyebrows high, he looked at Silas’s red-framed tablet "Doctor?" he questioned

"She touchedif he could find out who she was that way

Professor Woo squinted in concern as he pulled a handkerchief from his suit coat pocket and handed it to Silas "It looks like she touched your forehead, too"

Silas dabbed at it, relieved the blood had slowed

Taking up Silas’s tablet, his professor typed in his instructor code and the flexible screen went dark "You can retake it tomorrow," he said as he rolled the tablet into a tube and tucked it away

Annoyed, Silas glanced at theThere was shouting co in froain She was good, exceptionally so, and probably a fresh his coat as Professor Woo handed it to him "Can’t you reset it? It was just a buestured at the door The instructor had returned and was addressing the class, trying to get the to adjust the tiet you," Professor Woo said as he put a s toward the door "Professor Milo’s assistant took a bad hit thisand broke his wrist They need someone to monitor the slick-suits in his finals Now"

Professor Milo? Silas’s pace slowed to a halt The et one of , Professor Woo shook his head and pushed open the door Echoes froone for the summer, and no one needs extra credit that badly Just do it, Silas," the s to need a favor And besides, you et more data for your thesis if sole" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true">