Clasp

Theron walked out of the Exam room, his Junior Imperial Scholar robes just as unbothered, uncreased and unblemished as they had been when he took the FIrst Class Movement Exam.

He was greeted by a sea of people. It wasn't just Teacher Fern's original class here any longer, there were more people, more eyes.

His reaction was much the same.

When he took his first few Exams, he spaced them out. They had all been about a week apart, and they had been very specifically timed with lessons that Teacher Fern had given.

From an outsider's perspective, it looked like he had directly taken Teacher Fern's advice and applied it, allowing him to gather 12 Credits quickly.

Now, however… this was anything but the calm and collected approach.

His gaze swept through the people, landing on Sadie and Flora briefly. He gave them both a smile as though he couldn't recall anything.

Ignoring everyone else, he walked over.

"How've you been?" he asked.