Author's note: this is from Aldus's point of view
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I was pleased to see that after my threat, Vesper behaved.
As we waited for Serina to finish her exercise, the malice in Vesper's eyes told me that she was silently seething and plotting how to get back at me, but that was something for later. At that point, I was happy to indulge in the pleasure of my small victory.
Vesper praised Serina's progress and told her to keep on practicing. We are to meet with Vesper tomorrow so that Serina gets further instructions. I was aware that Vesper could give Serina instructions right away and spare us the extra trip, but she wanted us to return. I could imagine that additional traps will wait for us tomorrow, but if Vesper thinks that we will walk into them cluelessly, she will find out that I am not the naïve boy I used to be.
I couldn't stop my mind from drifting into the past.
