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That eleventh fight took a lot out of Balder, though, and he got sainst nine They reordered, and with Balder now at eleventh, Kip was ht as Kip had expected, too, skipping Arahters ere already out, and then skipping Kip, who spat at his feet Barrel made it to twelfth, and lost to ninth

Kip shuffled down to fourteenth Araed three up from himself, fifteenth, which was Erato She was already out no

All Araht, and if he did, Kip was out He ca almost directly in front of Kip

"You coward," Kip said "You’re not sure this out Who did it? How much did they pay you to do this?"

A flash of fury came over Aram’s face, quickly smoothed away

"You cheater," Kip said "What did you think, that you’re some modern-day Ayrad? Ayrad didn’t take money for what he did He didn’t use a tea to skip me Me The one you were hired to block You think you’re the best in the class, you think you’re better than Cruxer, but you’re afraid to take hts to win today, Kip I don’t need to tireDidn’t Ayrad fight everyone in the class on his way up? And you won’t even fight one fatty at fourteenth place You’re a legend all right, Aram Aram the Unready, we’ll call you Aram the A-rammed" Kip had no idea what the latter meant, he just made it up "Araoing to kill you," he said He strode off into the middle of the circle

Cruxer was at Kip’s side an instant later "Brilliant, now, Kip, after the back kick, Aram likes to throw a roundhouse punch, either sto, but if you can sidestep and come in, he’ll be wide open"

"I’ve seen it," Kip said "I’e of it"

"Ti else?" Kip asked Cruxer "Please"

"He’s a fast drafter, too," Cruxer said weakly "Watch out for that… You’re lucky, though, right, Breaker?"

"Very"

"Breaker, forward or out!" the trainer shouted

"That’s soood luck"

Kip turned to walk into the center of the circle Then he saw the worst thing in the world A ripple of recognition passed through the asseuards and trainees as someone came to the front rows to watch Gavin Gavin was here Prism Gavin Guile himself had come to see his son test

And Kip was about to fail

Of course he’d coh to see Kip win the earlier fights To see Kip do clever things No, he came nohen Kip was out of ideas and out of luck Just in time for Kip to shame him

"Are you ill, Breaker?" Trainer Fisk asked

Oh, and of course the Prisht as well let everyone down at once Beautiful

"I’reat victory," Kip said