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Rufus looked uncomfortable for the first ti He had finally acquired an expression "Whatever he said one completely mad And yes, I suppose he was an apprentice like you once, but he beca after that He was a Master by then My Master, in fact"

They were silent all the way back to the Refectory

At dinner that night, Call, Aaron, and Tamara tried to act like their day had been nor table with the other apprentices but didn’t say ros and Master Rock soo so well," s from Tamara to Aaron to Call Admittedly, they all looked exhausted and dirty, their faces sed Tahtmare "Get lost in the tunnels?"

"We ran into one of the Devoured," Aaron said "Down in the deep caves"

The table burst into chatter "One of the Devoured?" Kai demanded "Are they like people say? Hideous monsters?"

"Did it try to absorb you?" Celia’s eyes were round "How did you get away?"

Call saw that Ta as she held her cutlery He said abruptly, "Actually, it told us our futures"

"What do you mean?" asked Rafe

"It said that one of us would fail, one of us would die, and one of us was already dead," said Call

"Think we knoho’s going to fail," Jasper said, eyeing Call Call suddenly re in the Library, and began to reconsider that decision

"Thanks, Jasper," said Aaron "Always contributing"

"You shouldn’t let it bother you," Drew said earnestly "That’s just babble It doesn’tto die and you’re obviously not dead For Pete’s sake"

Call saluted Dreith his fork "Thanks"

Tamara put her cutlery down "Excuse me," she said, and slipped out of the room

Aaron and Call immediately stood up to follow her They were halfway down the corridor outside the Refectory when Call heard so after them "Call," he said "Can I talk to you for a second?"

Call exchanged a look with Aaron "You go ahead," Aaron said "I’ll go check on Tamara Meet you back at the rooled and cave-dusty hair out of his eyes "Is everything okay?"

"Are you sure that was a good idea?" Drew’s blue eyes ide

"What?" Call was totally confused

"Telling everyone about that About the Devoured! About the prophecy!"

"You said it was just babble," Call protested "You said it didn’t "