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"Jasper, that’s enough," Master Rockh he didn’t sound as annoyed as he could have "Get up here"

Call returned his attention to his paper as Jasper sauntered up to the front of the roo at the papers on their desks, willing theust of air ca and picked up his paper? What if it just … fluttered on its own? Would he get points for that?

Stay put, he thought savagely at the paper on his desk Don’t you ainst the wood, fingers splayed, preventing it fro to do with your day But he stayed where he was, concentrating This time, he wasn’t alone Several other kids were unable toKylie

"Callu weary

Call sat back "I can’t do it"

"If he can’t, he really can’t," said Jasper "Just give the loser a zero and let’s go before he creates a blizzard and we all die fro et this rooroup"

Relieved, Call reached for the paper on his desk -- and froze Desperately, he scrabbled at the edges of it with his fingernails, but somehow, he didn’t kno, the paper had sunk into the wood of the desk and he couldn’t get a grip on it "Master Rock with my paper," he said

"Everyone under the desks!" said Jasper, but no one was paying attention to hi at Call Master Rockmaple stalked over to him and stared down at the paper It had well and truly become fused to the desk

"Who did this?" deasted "Is this someone’s idea of a prank?"

Everyone in the class was silent

"Did you do this?" Master Rock, Call thought miserably, but he couldn’t say that "I don’t know"

"You don’t know?"

"I don’t know Maybe the paper is defective"

"It’s just paper!" the et control of hioing to be the first aspirant in Magisteriuative score on one of the Iron Trial tests You get a rateful that the final test is one you do alone"

By that point, Callurateful that it would all soon be over

This time, the aspirants stood in the hallway outside a double door and waited to be called inside Jasper was speaking to Aaron, looking over at Call like he was the subject they were discussing

Call sighed This was the last test Soht Noto make that much of a difference to his terrible score In less than an hour, he’d be heading hoe who hadn’t introduced herself before She had an elaborate snake-shaped necklace wound around her throat and was reading off a clipboard "Master Rufus is waiting for you inside"

He pushed off the wall and followed her through the double doors The rooe and ee sat next to a large wooden bowl The boas filled ater and there was a fla at its center, without wick or candle