IRIA’S POVThey rang the bell again.“Move.”I stumbled forward with my bare feet on the pointy pebble. The hall was already filled with voices, boots, and irritation, but my name still floated above it all.“Iria.”I stopped moving because my body had reached its limit, not because I wanted to. My knees were shaky and I held my palm up against the wall to stay upright.“You are slowing everyone down,” Elder Rhex said. “Stand properly.”“I am standing,” I replied.Murmurs followed immediately I responded.“You call that standing,” another voice said. “You look ready to fall and die.”“I’m fine,” I said.Nyxara shifted beside me. She nudged my shoulder in warning. “Don’t answer back,” she whispered. “Just endure it. It'll soon be over.”“I am enduring,” I whispered back.Elder Rhex turned to face me fully . His eyes skimmed over my face, my arms and my legs, measuring my weakness without shame.“You have been enduring for years,” he said. “And yet you remain the same.”The hall went qu
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