Aiden
Somebody had moved the observation line back again.
Aiden noticed the fresh chalk before he noticed the empty seats. Yesterday, the instructor had said the next exercise would have fewer people. Today, even the students permitted to watch had been given a position behind the second screen.
Jonas stood there with a girl from their practice group. She had brought the timing board and looked annoyed that the new place made the marks difficult to read.
"Want me to call them?" Aiden asked.
"I want the board where I was told to put it."
The instructor moved it for her. An ordinary problem, solved before anyone had to discover a remarkable new ability.
Aiden wished the rest of the morning would work that way.
The girl checked the board from her new position and nodded when she could read it. Jonas remained beside her, looking toward the target rather than at Aiden's hands.
