Kana stood at the center of the testing chamber as the overhead lights adjusted, casting everything in sharp white clarity.
The silence was almost clinical, punctuated only by the soft hum of unseen machines.
A voice crackled through the speaker embedded high in the wall.
"The tests will begin now. Start with the strength assessment. Push the boulder ahead of you as hard as you can."
Sergeant Delran announced.
Kana turned her gaze to the large, heavy stone set at the far end of the room. It was gray, rough, and clearly enchanted—heavier than it looked.
Her fingers curled and uncurled by her side. She could feel the weight of her own decisions pressing down on her.
'Should I show them everything?'
She inhaled slowly, a faint prickle of heat stirring under her skin. The answer came unbidden, not from her system, but from some instinct deeper inside her.
