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"Where did you get that?" He held his hand out and I handed him the spear

For some reason, I didn’t want to tell hiiven it to ave it to me, for luck in this newventure"

"Spears are hard to use, but if you can master it you’ll be far ahead of those who favor the sword Keep it in your rooin with" He hefted it in the er With a twirl of the handle, the blade cut through the air with a sharp ‘whoosh’ I didn’t move, but let hiht, Useless, let him cut you in half!" The shout caiven me this chance and I trusted him He wouldn’t hurt me, but I could easily end up hurt if I , the blade whirled aroundoff a solden blonde threads standing out against the hard-packed dirt He planted the butt of the spear, and tipped it toward o "You’re going to have to work twice as hard as anyone else here, Lark Put your things away and get your ass back here Training starts now"

I gave him a nod, took my spear, and continued on to ot A bed shoved into the sidewall, an alcove for our things, and a small table beside the bed I piled my stuff into the alcove and sat down on the bed for just aof eh me I could do this, I could be an Ender and then Iwhat, would I prove that Cassava was a lying bitch?

"Well, why the hell not? Not like I’ve got anything to lose" I wasn’t kiddingbanished There was no place for fear, for weakness or uncertainty If it killed ht held at the front of my ly, the ht the older Enders would want to watch the new recruits But only a few Seeders--the new recruits--stood in the rooer than me by a few years, maybe only just out of their teens But I didn’t care

Granite stepped out of the shadows "Physical training first, if you can keep up, then we move to the weapons I need to see what your stao until I say stop, or you can’tto outlast all of theht last, but I doubted it There was a fine line between tri fields taught me that

Granite lifted his hand and the earth below our feet ru like the ocean waves I bentit, you idiots!" Granite snapped and I stole a glance at the others They were trying to out ainst his, instead of riding the wave like I was They instead stood still and atte their connection to the earth The only effect it see off Granite

He flicked his hand and the ground jerked hard under us creating huge h, nowhere near the height of the ceiling, which was at least double that "Get cliets a private lesson with the Ender of their choice"

I didn’t hesitate, just scraht I would make the steep cli The ground below round aboveJacob’s ladder of dirt

Beside an I saved my breath There would be a trick to this; it couldn’t just be all about the physical, could it? I kept a steady pace and just kept going The others fell, one at a ti hills Sweat strea to it as I kept

"Sprint, Lark," Granite barked atin with s unable to keep up with the deave it everything I had Ar narrowed tomore of myself than I ever had before

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