Greylord called the three of them together then and made them sit in a crossed-leg position as if they were about to do the Flow but they were not gathering mana this time.
Their three instructors stood in front of them with eyes that were trying hard to conceal their pride. Not Greylord though, he stood proudly in front of them and they could feel satisfaction in the way he leaned forward and sighed. "Now you are ready."
The Castle focused on them and they felt it, what they hadn't felt in a long time. The eyes of thousands. The Castle's inhabitants that hadn't shown themselves now focused on them.
But this time it wasn't bad and they didn't feel uncomfortable as they had felt when they first came to Twilight.
"Tell them what all this candidate stuff is all about anyway. They might die but at least they got to know why." Cook said with a crackle that didn't reach her eyes.
