The canteen is full to the brim, which is to be expected. Training just let out, and it isn"t just the fourteen of us who live and work here. I"d ask Cobalt to come for dinner with me later, but then all the good food is gone and that"s not something I can be happy about. Zelda waves at me from across the room. She"s sitting alone at the end of a table with the rest of the recruits from our dorm crowded around the other end. I glance at Cobalt to see how he feels about going to join her, but he doesn"t seem to be paying much attention. That"s okay. If this helps the two of them start to mend their relationship, then that"s good. I make my way through the crowded tables, knowing he"ll follow me. I set my tray down opposite my other friend and drop into the seat. A cheer comes up from t

