“This assessment will determine who is strong enough to train within Alkrose. You are to fight a student from another House. I won’t lie or try to comfort you. We will be losing a few members today, maybe more. You will take a life or two today as well. So say your goodbyes ahead of time, and maybe a prayer for your souls too, if you believe in that sort of thing. There will be no mourning until you reach your chambers. Emerai doesn’t take kindly to weakness. Inside or out.”
