Ralnor appeared unruffled by her verbal attack. “Pray tell, Zya. How did you end up with all of the stones on the floor when you were told that you could only touch one of them?”
Zya appeared sheepish at this question. “I tipped the table up, so that they rolled off.”
Ralnor broke into sudden fit of laughter at this, surprising Zya so much that she jumped, her face coming alive with momentary shock. “Did you indeed?” He said. “That will be noted and written down in the guild history. If you can believe it, never has an initiate passed the test by such a method.”
“I have passed it?”
“Why yes.” Ralnor seemed surprised that she had not caught on quicker. “You have the correct stone, otherwise you would not feel its pull. I selected stones at random, as I do for every initiate. Most do not
