"Were- were there more cuts?" Sky asked breathlessly. She'd woken up very late and had had to run all the way from her rooms.
"The cuts are in three weeks." Jin replied gravely.
Sky frowned, "Then why do you look like that?"
Jin sighed, "You were three minutes late. I've got to take five points." Sky's mouth fell open. Aven crossed his arms in front of his chest.
"And you kept me waiting so that's another ten points." He added. Sky stared at them. A flush crept into her cheeks.
"But that's all my points for the week," She protested in a small voice. "and I was only late because I stayed up working on all those extra spells you've assigned me." Jin's face lit up.
"Can you do them?" He asked.
Sky frowned, "Some of them." Her throat was tight. Jin clapped his hands.
"Show me! Show me!" He eagerly cried.
Aven placed a hand on his vibrating shoulder stilling him and said, "Not right now. Now we are going to the indoor practice courts."
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