Blood streamed down Cole's forehead as he struggled to comprehend how he could be in the same position again – those marbles were in front of him, long since rolled to a stop and Cynthia stood before him with that complicated expression yet again.
She didn't really know what to think of him now… but she was surprised though, one of the marbles had been shattered. The assignment was only half completed.
"Soulless, again?" Cynthia asked while clenching her fists… "Are you for real? Again?"
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As Cole struggled to find out the meaning of this test while dodging, his movement speed was lowered quite considerably giving the marbles enough time to back him into a corner.
Their ricocheting figures adorned the air and threatened to overwhelm Cole but the crimson haired Apprentice had other things in mind – Cole sprinted by them and they crashed into the wall behind him, shooting forward with absurd speed.