It felt like a long time until Luke arrived, even though he came running and out of breath, and Elliot had more reason than anybody to know how fast Luke was. Luke did not immediately dart to the rescue, though. Instead, when he saw the unicorn, he stopped moving altogether. “Ah, Cadet Sunborn,” said Commander Woodsinger, with amazing aplomb for a woman stuck up a tree. “Thank you for your promptness. Cadet Schafer informed me that you might be possessed of the necessary qualities to deal with this situation.” “Did he,” Luke said, after a long, dark pause in which apparently all the blood in
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