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"One never knoith you," Samheed said, not very nicely He looked at Alex, but Alex appeared to be lost in his own thoughts and not paying attention

Lani’s eyes flared, but she held her tongue She still stung a little fro roohan looked around "Where is he? I don’t see him"

"He never came down the stairs," Lani said, her mouth full of pastry

"He’s not as bad as you think," Sairls snorted raucously at that, bringing Alex out of his trance

"Hmm? What’s that?" Alex said He checked the clock on the wall and downed the rest of his ulp

"Oh, never mind," Lani said She finished her pastry, wiped her o"

The Tea and afternoon on the lawn Each day it seemed more and more adult Unwanteds andskills and others to observe curiously what sorts of

Today Florence had them all sit on the lawn, since the first part of class was to be a lecture The four friends sat two in front of two, and they whispered together in their little square about the new ht When everyone was seated, Claire Morning came forward

"For our lecture today," Florence boo"

While the audience applauded politely, Meghan cheered wildly, for the han’s favorite instructor

Alex leaned over to Saet an hour’s worth of ht explode"

"In that case, bring on the"Whatever" He couldn’t figure Samheed out

Lani shushed thean to speak

"For the next four days ill be working on defensive skills," she said "Defensive skills are crucial to Arti against people eapons very different frorew somber as he remembered how he could have been an expert with the weapons of Quill by now He jabbed Alex with his elbow and whispered, "Defense? We need to learn how to fight to kill It’s the only e’ll win against the Quillitary"

Alex furrowed his brows "I … I don’t know about that…"

Ms Morning continued "Who can give me an exaroup of students "Gentlemen?" she said pointedly to Alex and Saht," Lani whisperedadded "The three of you come up to the front, please"