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Call snickered, earning a dark look

Soon, though, everyone was tossing two and then three balls of fire into the air, not quite juggling but soht have approximated a slow-motion version of it After a few ain

"Please choose a partner," she said "The apprentice without a partner will practice withto toss our ball to our partner and catch the ball our partner tosses to us So extinguish all balls in your hands but one Ready?"

Celia tapped Call’s sleeve shyly "Practice with hed and went to practice with Gwenda, leaving Jasper to partner with Master Milagros, since Drew had complained of a sore throat and stayed in his rooh the lazy springti, as Callit just above her hands Celia was the sort of friendly person who handed out compliments easily, but it was still nice to hear -- even if Taht!" Master Milagros clapped her hands to get everyone’s attention She looked a little disgruntled -- there was a burn in her sleeve where Jasper must have thrown a fireball too close "Now that you all are used to using air and fire together, let’s add soros led them down the hill to a streas bobbed in the water, clearly icked to stay in place, since the current flowed around thes "You will climb onto one of those," she said "I want you to use water and earth to balance yourself there, while keeping at least three fire orbs in the air"

There was a ros s the students toward a log As Call moved forward, she put a hand on his shoulder "Call, I’, I don’t think it’s safe for you to do this exercise," she said quietly "I’ve been thinking about a version that could suit you better Let et the others started and I’ll tell you about it"

Jasper, passing by on his way to the stream, looked over his shoulder and smirked

Call felt a dull red fury bubble up in his storade, sitting on the bleachers while everyone else climbed ropes, or dribbled basketballs, or bounced up and down on the ros stepped toward the bank of the strea in theto be very difficult for all the apprentices and it would be even harder for you I think it’s more than you’re ready for"

So Call watched as the other apprentices waded or cluros released thethe wood in place He could see the strain on their faces as they tried to , and levitate a ball of fire Celia fell al her unifor all the while It was a hot day and Call bet splashing in the water felt pretty good

Jasper, surprisingly, seeed to lever hi as he conjured his first ball of fire He tossed it between his hands, s Call think of what he’d said in the Refectory

If you could ever learn to levitate yourself,along after thee than Jasper; he kneas And he couldn’t stand that Jasper thought otherwise

Giggling, Celia pulled herself back up onto her log, but her feet et, and she slipped off again aled back into the water and Call, seized by an impulse he couldn’t control, dashed forward and hopped up onto the abandoned log After all, he’d skateboarded before -- badly, he admitted But he’d done that and he could do this

"Call!" cried Master Milagros, but he was already halfway across the strea rolled under his feet, and he had to throw his hands out, bracing hiic, to keep his balance