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rendered upon the reoccupation of Xarparion.”
Rosa smiled brightly, and I heard Winya chuckling softly in my head, apparently feeding the Headmaster information as she went along. “Now I have three brevet promotions to announce. First, Hons is promoted to Primus of the Earth Tower. Second, Alera is promoted to Primus of the Healer’s Tower; and third, Corporal Higs is promoted to Captain of the Guard. Captain Jarsin will be heading up the administration of our new civilian contingent and supplies, and will act as liaison to make sure things are functioning efficiently between all three groups. Additionally, I will be retaining the entire enchanters group as my personal staff; please consider any orders from them as orders from me. The few water and air students that we have with us will be temporarily absorbed into our two main towers and will be under Hons’ and Alera’s supervision.”
“Now, as for the thorny issue of what to do with the Fire Tower students…yes, their actions were reprehensible, even unforgivable! But we are deep in enemy territory, and I am loath to cast aside any firepower that is available. I will give them one last chance to redeem themselves. My decision is as follows: effective immediately the Fire Tower is officially disbanded, with the loss of all rights and privileges that go with it, until such time as Xarparion is reclaimed and a suitable new Primus with ironclad integrity can be found to head it. The five remaining fire students will be split up and remanded to the Earth and Healer Towers’ Primuses, where they will have zero contact with each other.” Rosa stopped and pointed a long arm and finger at the prisoners. “You five have only this one last chance; any rules violations, troublemaking, attacks on other students, cowardice in the face of battle, or disobedience to your new Primuses will result in a summary judgment, which I can assure you, will be harsh. Now, get them out of my sight! Pack up everyone, we move out in the morning!”
I watched the guards reluctantly release the prisoners. Four of them had tears of joy running down their faces. Naton, of course, just wore his habitual ignorant scowl, which promised future problems; he would need to be watched. The crowd dispersed slowly, and Hons and Alera took instantly to their new roles and started barking orders. Captain Jarsin, surprisingly, took his new duties in stride and began organizing the servants, staff, and odd lots of other survivors.
Maya, Rosa, and I finally got down off the rock and headed toward Rosa’s command tent and, hopefully, some beverages as my throat was killing me. Of course, a pair of young girls followed us as well. Julia was watching Maya in rapt awe, and we all stopped to watch as Lin rolled her eyes and reached over to shut Jules gaping mouth for her. “She’s been like this ever since Maya took off her helmet.”
Julia reached up and lightly touched Maya’s silver hair. “You’re so beautiful, Maya. I mean you were beautiful in disguise at the First Day dance, but now you’re just…wow!” Maya blushed slightly, unused to this kind of attention.
Lin just smiled sardonically and said, “Jules, if you keep this up, I’ll be taking someone else to the next dance.”
Julia’s eyes shot open in alarm. “Lin, you can’t! I promise I’ll stop looking at Maya…but wow!”
Maya and I looked at each other in confusion. “Um, is there something we should know about?” she asked.
This time, both of them looked at us in shock and covered their mouths with their hands. “Um…eh…no, nothing going on here!” And they both slid out of sight in a rush.
“Well, that was odd.”
We both sighed and opened the flap to Rosa’s tent. We were expecting to see her in there at a table working. Instead, we were looking at the reading room of the Enchanters Hall. Maya looked around the familiar room in wonderment; even I found this to be a bit strange. The only difference was that the
Rosa smiled brightly, and I heard Winya chuckling softly in my head, apparently feeding the Headmaster information as she went along. “Now I have three brevet promotions to announce. First, Hons is promoted to Primus of the Earth Tower. Second, Alera is promoted to Primus of the Healer’s Tower; and third, Corporal Higs is promoted to Captain of the Guard. Captain Jarsin will be heading up the administration of our new civilian contingent and supplies, and will act as liaison to make sure things are functioning efficiently between all three groups. Additionally, I will be retaining the entire enchanters group as my personal staff; please consider any orders from them as orders from me. The few water and air students that we have with us will be temporarily absorbed into our two main towers and will be under Hons’ and Alera’s supervision.”
“Now, as for the thorny issue of what to do with the Fire Tower students…yes, their actions were reprehensible, even unforgivable! But we are deep in enemy territory, and I am loath to cast aside any firepower that is available. I will give them one last chance to redeem themselves. My decision is as follows: effective immediately the Fire Tower is officially disbanded, with the loss of all rights and privileges that go with it, until such time as Xarparion is reclaimed and a suitable new Primus with ironclad integrity can be found to head it. The five remaining fire students will be split up and remanded to the Earth and Healer Towers’ Primuses, where they will have zero contact with each other.” Rosa stopped and pointed a long arm and finger at the prisoners. “You five have only this one last chance; any rules violations, troublemaking, attacks on other students, cowardice in the face of battle, or disobedience to your new Primuses will result in a summary judgment, which I can assure you, will be harsh. Now, get them out of my sight! Pack up everyone, we move out in the morning!”
I watched the guards reluctantly release the prisoners. Four of them had tears of joy running down their faces. Naton, of course, just wore his habitual ignorant scowl, which promised future problems; he would need to be watched. The crowd dispersed slowly, and Hons and Alera took instantly to their new roles and started barking orders. Captain Jarsin, surprisingly, took his new duties in stride and began organizing the servants, staff, and odd lots of other survivors.
Maya, Rosa, and I finally got down off the rock and headed toward Rosa’s command tent and, hopefully, some beverages as my throat was killing me. Of course, a pair of young girls followed us as well. Julia was watching Maya in rapt awe, and we all stopped to watch as Lin rolled her eyes and reached over to shut Jules gaping mouth for her. “She’s been like this ever since Maya took off her helmet.”
Julia reached up and lightly touched Maya’s silver hair. “You’re so beautiful, Maya. I mean you were beautiful in disguise at the First Day dance, but now you’re just…wow!” Maya blushed slightly, unused to this kind of attention.
Lin just smiled sardonically and said, “Jules, if you keep this up, I’ll be taking someone else to the next dance.”
Julia’s eyes shot open in alarm. “Lin, you can’t! I promise I’ll stop looking at Maya…but wow!”
Maya and I looked at each other in confusion. “Um, is there something we should know about?” she asked.
This time, both of them looked at us in shock and covered their mouths with their hands. “Um…eh…no, nothing going on here!” And they both slid out of sight in a rush.
“Well, that was odd.”
We both sighed and opened the flap to Rosa’s tent. We were expecting to see her in there at a table working. Instead, we were looking at the reading room of the Enchanters Hall. Maya looked around the familiar room in wonderment; even I found this to be a bit strange. The only difference was that the
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