“How would it be if Serene skipped the earliest classes, and you remembered the lessons and trained her? And while you train her, I could read to her and try to catch her up in our lessons so she won’t have to study late. She’ll have to multi-task, but she won’t be too exhausted to do it.” Luke thought this over, and then nodded. “All right. So we’ll work together on this. Truce?” “For the year,” said Elliot hastily. “We’re not friends.” “I’m not confused on that issue,” said Luke. He spat in his hand and held it out. “Deal?” Elliot backed away. “Ugh, no, I’m not touching your spit. That’s
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