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He is Rane Arven, the instructor, the executioner, the silence He can reduce a Silver to what they hate most: a Red He can turn their abilities off He can awk, Maven pulls me into place behind hieline leads the line next to us and for once she doesn’t seem concerned withquite at home in his place of authority

Arven doesn’t waste ti me In fact, he barely seems to notice I’ve joined his session

"Laps," he says, his voice rough and low

Good So the room at an easy pace in blissful quiet I pushthe exercise I eline Then it’s just Cal next tothe pace for the rest of the I can do, soe on the cushioned floor, bouncing with every step, but the blood pounding in my ears, the sweat, the pace are all familiar If I close e, with Kilorn or my brothers or just by s out, catching, but it’s my pride that really hurts The pack of runners pulls away and Evangeline sfor me to catch up

"Welco me pry myself off the obstacle

All over the roo barriers for the runners Everyone else takes it in stride; they’re used to this Cal and Evangeline lead the pack,over and under each obstacle as it appears before them Out of the corner ofthe pieces of wall, ht back the urge to snap at the telky and pushMaven runs next to ely infuriating My pace quickens, until I’ to the best of my ability But Maven isn’t like the Security at home--it’s hard to leave him in the dust

By the time we finish laps, Cal is the only one who hasn’t broken a sweat Even Evangeline looks ragged, though she tries her best to hide it My breath coh start, I ed to keep up

Instructor Arven surveys us for ato the telky "Targets please, Theo," he says, again barely a whisper Like drawing away a curtain to reveal the sun, I feelback

The telky assistant waves a hand, sliding away a section of the floor, revealing the strange gun I saw froun at all but a cylinder Only the telky’s power y The abilities are all they have

"Lady Titanos," Arvenability"

He’s thinking of the lightning, the purple-white bolts of destruction, but my mind strays to what Julian said yesterday I don’t just control, I can create I a to will , but not unheard of, Instructor," I say "I’er to learn about it, sir"

"You may start now," the instructor says, and the telky behind hiets flies into the air, faster than I thought possible

Control, I tellJulian’s words Focus