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The instructor stands back to let ; it’ll probably end with a four-hour ga at a wall

But suddenly, I’m very aware of the buzz in this room Or lack thereof This entire day I’ve felt the electrical weight of ca Until nohen I don’t feel it at all It’s gone I can feel the lights still pulsing with electricity, but no cameras No eyes Elara cannot seeus?"

He only blinks at me "So there is a difference," he mutters What that means I don’t know, and it infuriates me

"Why?"

"Mare, I’m here to teach you your histories, to teach you how to be Silver and how to be, ah, useful," he says, his expression souring

I stare at hihasideto try to understand exactly how you came to be and how your abilities work"

"My abilities came to be because--because I’m a Silver My parents’ abilities mixed--my father was an oblivion and h the explanation Elara fedto make him understand "I’m a Silver, sir"

To my horror, he shakes his head "No you are not, Mare Barrow, and you et it"

He knows I’, plead for him to keepand I can’t even open my mouth to stop it

"There’s no need for that," he continues, noting e"

The relief I feel is short-lived, shifting into another kind of fear "Why? What do you want fros, a curious man And when you entered Queenstrial a Red servant and ran out so-lost Silver lady, I have to say I was quite curious"

"Is that why there aren’t any ca away fro would come to protectme?"

"There are no cameras in here because I have the power to turn theht in absolute darkness "What is your power?" I ask shakily Maybe he’s like ht, strength ‘Ability,’ on the other hand, refers to all the silly little things we can do" Silly little things Like break a man in two or drown him in the town square "I mean thataround here"

"Lady Blonos didn’t teach me that"

He chuckles to hi you nonsense I will never do that"