“Squalo mages do not have to go through this strange process to find a teacher. Squalo have our own school of magic. Unlike the Core, our admission process is sensible.” “If this doesn’t work out, do you think I could get in there?” “To enter you must swim to the bottom of the deepest trench in the empire, then face your competitors in unarmed ritual combat, defeat them, and devour their flesh.” “So probably not.” “Probably not,” Trax agreed.
