Kael
By the next morning, I had discovered a serious fault in my new ability.
I enjoyed checking it.
A presence moved across the western side of the grounds while I brushed dust from my coat. Another waited near the main teaching wing. Neither required my attention.
I checked both anyway.
The motion drew my attention the way a voice in the corridor might. Except nobody had spoken to me. I was choosing to listen to something which had nothing to do with the loose thread on my cuff.
I pulled the thread free, put the brush down and checked the time.
Valeria had asked for the equipment list before the next session. That was a real errand, with a person waiting at the other end. I put the notebook in my pocket and left.
At the stairs, I almost opened it to record the two readings.
Then I remembered I had no question those notes would answer.
I kept walking.
Then I went downstairs to collect the revised equipment list Valeria had left with the hall keeper.
