“Are you excited?” Xelas asked, her voice literally buzzing as she spoke. “Getting to meet your fellow rookies, sharing stories and experiences, fighting to the death to see which of you we actually keep?” “I’m kind of—what the fuck?” Tori yelped, her brain catching up to her tongue midway through the reply. “Calm down, I’m just screwing with you,” Xelas said. “Come on, do you really think we’d force you all into a death match for some artificial reason?” “Let me meet your question with a question: do you really want me to answer that honestly? Remember, I’ve already got a death threat
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