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Cynthia watched on as the last of the students crossed the Lochxen Forest border to begin the Tests. She folded her arms beneath her breasts and the professional poise she had maintained thus far slipped a bit and she looked more… vulnerable.
"Alright," Lea said then from behind Cynthia, "Let's get eyes on them."
Lea snapped her fingers at a few spinning discs above and they came closer. They all began to give off clicking sounds as each disc was revealed to possess two components working together. The two components—one placed atop the other—spun in opposite directions and then light was shone out from the crystals on all the discs. The light from all the crystals shot in the same direction, coming together to create a gigantic screen.
On the screen was visual feedback of the students in their various teams moving all about the Lochxen Forest.
"How many teams are there again?" Raoul Raoul asked as he stepped closer to Lea.
"Twenty-three," Lea answered.
