Chiba and Yolden scribbled away, their pens scratching across the pages. They didn't fully understand why Raze had asked them to do this little exercise, but everything else he'd said that day had made sense, so they trusted him enough to go along with it.
A few minutes later, they were done. Both pushed their sheets forward proudly, as if submitting a final exam they knew they'd aced.
Raze picked up the first sheet labeled Grand Magus.
"I was sitting right in front of you both, so I know you didn't copy off each other," he said, scanning the pages. "Still… your answers are almost identical."
He read aloud, "Honorable. Strong. Trustworthy. A symbol. Leadership. Guidance. Protector."
He nodded, then picked up the second set of papers, this one about the Dark Guild.
"And again, nearly word-for-word the same: Untrustworthy. Evil. Lawbreakers. Villains. Backstabbers. Crazy. Dangerous."
The two girls raised their eyebrows, glancing at each other with a slight shrug.
