“He said he wishes we hadn’t cheated so flagrantly yesterday,” I say solemnly. “Tell him he looks like someone has taken all his Will and jammed it in places it should not go,” adds Eidhin, looking directly at the Praeceptor. Dultatis looks at Eidhin, then at me expectantly. I’m unconscionably proud of how straight I manage to keep my face. “He’s going to work harder. Be better,” I say. Eidhin nods earnestly to what I’m saying. “He is such an utter failure of a human being, I am often embarrassed to breathe the same air as him.” A small crowd has gathered—because the session has ended rather
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