The minutes seemed to stretch into eternity, refusing to pass. At first, out of boredom and some irritation from standing too long, some cadets began to move a little exactly where they stood. After a few more minutes, the movement became more obvious, for after their early morning run, they had been standing in place for a long time.
Then, one of them whispered, asking if someone knew how long this would take. That was the hair that broke the camel's back, so to say. Almost all the cadets began to whisper, and seeing how no one came to stop them, they slowly became more brazen in their actions.
They were still Kolari, and they knew the army well, so naturally no one left their places, and they avoided talking loudly as well. But it was enough so that Nero knew exactly what was coming.
