The welcoming feel in the academy still lingered, despite the odd grooming days lurking outside the walls. Nothing has changed much. The Keepers still carried out their normal routine as they swept away the leaves of the trees in the teacher's block. The pillars where fresher's used to train still stood majestically on the center, flaunting the wealth and the strength of the academy. There were children too. Matt could not say for sure how they have been recruited—with the unstable nature of the world—but with the way the children laughed and chatted away their time, he could only guess they were not from around. Perhaps, the children were from Candanian, the lonely city whose citizens did not revolt or refused the Happy-Tech.
"What do you think?"
Matt shrugged as they walked past.
"I don't know, but I think it's the power of the HT."
