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Gwenda and Celia brought hiht a pack of cards and they played Go Fish on top of his blankets Call had never realized how isterium kneho he was Even some of the older students came by, like Tamara’s sister, Kimiya, as super tall and so serious that she scared Call when she told hilad she was that Ta of Call’s favorite sour guly warned hi the rest of the school look bad

Even Jasper visited hi nervous as he tugged on the raggedy cashht you a sandwich fro it over to Call "It’s lichen, of course, but it tastes like tuna I hate tuna"

"Thanks," Call said, turning the sandwich over It was oddly warm, which made him think it had probably been in Jasper’s pocket

"I just wanted to tell you," Jasper said, "that everyone’s talking about what you did, rescuing Aaron, and I wanted you to know, that I also thought that it was a good thing What you did And that it’s okay That you got my place with Master Rufus Because maybe you deserve it So I’m not mad at you Anymore"

"Way to make it all about you, Jasper," said Call, who had to adht," Jasper said, yanking so furiously on his scarf that a piece of it alered out, and Call watched hilad it seeh he did throw out the sandwich, just to be safe

Ta theer to fill hi on while he was laid up Aaron explained how he’d vouched for Havoc with the Masters, clai that as the Makar, he needed to study a Chaos-ridden creature They hadn’t liked it, but they’d allowed it, and Havoc was going to be a permanent fixture in their rooet aith stuff was going to go to his head andthan Call They talked and joked so loudly that Master Aet soood idea, since Call was getting used to the idea of lying around all day and having people bring hiht have never left

Five days after co back froot into the boat with Aaron and Ta was almost healed, but it was still hard to move around Upon their arrival in front of their classroo to do so down the hall "We’re going to visit the Hall of Graduates"

"We’ve been there before," Tamara said, before Call could kick her If Master Rufus wanted to take the exercises, then better to go along with it Also, Master Rufus didn’t know they’d been in the Hall of Graduates, since they’d been busy being lost and ninning to walk "And what did you see there?"

"The handprints of people who’ve gone to the Magisteriu "Soh a door that Master Rufus opened with his wristband, and down a spiral staircaseelse?"

"The First Gate," Taone this way before "But it wasn’t on"

"Ah" Master Rufus passed his wristband in front of the solid wall and watched as it shi another roo at their surprise "Yes, there are soh the school you don’t know yet"

They stepped into a rooht they were lost, with long stalactites and stea if he’d be able to retrace his way to the door that Master Rufus just showed them, but even if he could, he wasn’t sure his wristband would open it