"The most dangerous thing in the world is a test designed so you can't win."
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The Collapsed Mine. That was Team 7's assigned section. His team's section. The area they'd been studying for the past week. Memorizing every tunnel and junction. Planning their approach routes and fallback positions.
He'd walked those maps in his mind a hundred times. Rehearsed the assessment until he could navigate the tunnels with his eyes closed.
Now he wondered if that familiarity was nothing but a comfortable illusion.
