They ended up interviewing eight other people that day, which brought the total number of candidates to nine.
Three of them were women, which Riven had remarked on with a grin, saying something about how it was nice to see that speed was not just a guy thing.
The rest were men, ranging in age from early twenties to mid-thirties, each one bringing their own style, their own confidence, and their own quirks to the interview process.
Surprisingly, almost all of them proved to be better than Veylan. Their movements were smoother, their balance more stable and their recovery times faster.
Only one guy had been slower, a nervous, fidgety man in his late twenties who had stammered through the interview and then tripped over his own feet during the field test. Riven had politely told him they would get back to him, and then immediately crossed his name off the list the moment he was out of sight.
