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I’m surprised when Fern offers to walk with us to Kratos’s class. “Are you the healer today?” I ask. Kratos’s classes always have a healer on hand since he likes to keep his student demonstrations very realistic.
“Yep,” she nods, patting the satchel at her side. “Got everything I need in case you set someone on fire again. They actually assigned two of us here for today,” she says, nodding toward another girl.
“But you permanently fire-proofed Val,” I remind her, smiling to myself at the memory of my first class here at the Academy…and the first time I saw Val.
“Not everyone here is so lucky,” Fern says, her gaze sweeping the classroom. “I’ll make you a list if you want any recommendations on who you should smoke next.”
Wow. The anger on campus is bad enough that even kind-hearted
