Night Flower
"My name is Jason. I'll be your testing master tonight."
Testing master. The words sat in my mouth like a stone. I had no idea what they meant, and from the faces around me, I wasn't alone.
"You've all turned twelve in the last month. Tonight will feel like any other night. Three stages: follow the trail, fight, and hide. The goal is simple. Show us who you are under pressure." He paused. His eyes moved again over the group, slow and unhurried, and I had the uncomfortable sense that he was not looking at a crowd but at each of us individually and simultaneously. "Give your best. Begin."
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