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"I get it You’re good," Vik gru This is so easy I even did a flip a e you wanna thron, buddy"

"Will you?" Vik said, a crazy glint in his eyes He cast his gaze about, and his dark eyes drifted upward toward the ceiling "Thirty bucks says you can’t touch one of those lights"

To thirtyof Blackburn’s waterly "Well? Or do you want to revise your staterin "No way"

Blackburn was standing in front of Wyatt, trying to coax her into taking a step toward hireat, Enslow Move your leg"

Wyatt bit her lip "What if I try to lift s up and caves your head in?"

He chuckled "I’ll take my chances Come on, Wyatt, you can do this"

Blackburn was busy Good Tom turned to face Vik, excited It was now or never "Adios, Doctor!"

Toh hi could hope to leap He raised his fists, ready to punch through the ceiling if he see his head sht perfectly His head ell clear of the ceiling when he began arcing down, and he reached forward to tap the light as he passed it

That’s where it rong

His exosuited hand exploded against the light, shattering it, sending frag toward the floor of the Calisthenics Arena

Oh no, Tolass raining on the ground as his ainst the dirt

To his joints, everyone staring at hi Lieutenant Blackburn

"Wow," Tom tried desperately "These exosuits,to jump I swear That happened by accident It must’ve malfunctioned" In a flash of inspiration, he added, "Shoddy Obsidian Corp craftserov’s company didn’t appease Blackburn He advanced on Toe to hit hi to murder me, and for a moment, he felt trapped back under the census device, questions he couldn’t answer pounding into his ears His chest grew tight, and he was only half aware of Blackburn craning his head back to survey the rest of the trainees

"All of you, take those suits off You’ll be pulled into the workout with the other trainees Raines, don’t you le inch"

Tom stood there, full of dread, as everyone around him yanked out the connection between their neural access ports and the exosuits As soon as they stepped out, their faces grew oddly blank, the Calisthenics workout prograone bounding off to cli Tom and Blackburn to face off amid the exoskeletons

Blackburn folded his ar his uniform A vein flickered in his forehead "Disconnect and take the exosuit off"