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CHAPTER 26 — HONE YOUR ABILITIES.
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I slept off—for the first time in a while—thinking of Dawn. I woke up to the grey light that came through the window. It was another day I couldn't be with her. I remembered the folder that was under my bed, that creature had told me to meet it in four days in that dark street. I was looking forward to that as well as anticipating when next I'd see Dawn.
I heard a soft knock on the door.
"Who is it?" I asked.
"Tia," she said.
"It's not locked," I said.
She twisted the knob from the other side and stepped in. She wore a blue tee shirt, something I had never seen her in, but still wore her usual joggers and sneakers.
"No patrol?" I asked her.
"It's a new environment, we don't handle the patrols in this area," She said.
"Oh."
"Well, Jhan wants to start training you," she said, "he said it's about time you were trained for the survey elites."
I didn't like the idea of serving the higher cour
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