His hair was short and thick black. He wore the academy's jacket and the frown on his olive visage was not helping matters. I locked eyes with Albazar who sent me a shrug. He never liked explaining things to the recruits. I was always the one who did most of the talking. "Because it'll cause panic." I dropped my hands on my desk. "Panic?" The recruit asked, raising a brow. "Yes, panic." "With all due respect Master Ian, I don't think you're right on this one," he countered. "The students deserve to know about this." "Look..." I sighed. "if students find out that people have been dying, they'll get scared. And right now, we don't need that." A recruit this stubborn was definitely going to be hard to convince. I didn't use my mind powers on him yet because I was scared it would have so

