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t h e r est o f t h e s tu ff. I t’s m ostly t in s o f m ea t a n d p ota to h ash I s to le f r o m a n a ir sh ip ’s c a fe te ria , a n d a n o ld p air o f
sh oes w it h in ta ct s o le s. I w is h I c o u ld b e in th e r o om w it h a ll o f th em w hen I d eliv er th is s tu ff. B ut J oh n’s th e o n ly o n e w ho k now s I ’m a liv e, a n d h e’s
p ro m is e d n ot t o t e ll M om o r E den .
Eden t u rn s t e n in t w o m on th s, w hic h m ea n s t h at in t w o m on th s h e’ll h ave t o t a k e t h e T ria l. I f a ile d m y o w n T ria l w hen I w as t e n . T hat’s w hy I w orry
a b ou t E den , b eca u se e v en t h ou gh h e’s e a sily t h e s m arte st o f u s t h ree b oys, h e t h in ks a lo t lik e I d o. W hen I f in is h ed m y T ria l, I f e lt s o s u re o f m y a n sw ers
th at I d id n’t e v en b oth er to w atc h th em g ra d e it . B ut th en th e a d m in s u sh ered m e in to a c o rn er o f th e T ria l s ta d iu m w it h a b unch o f o th er k id s. T hey
sta m ped s o m eth in g o n m y t e st a n d s tu ffe d m e o n to a t r a in h ea d ed d ow nto w n. I d id n’t g et t o t a k e a n yth in g e x cep t t h e p en dan t I w ore a ro u nd m y n eck . I
d id n’t e v en g et t o s a y g ood -b ye.
Sev era l d if fe ren t t h in gs c o u ld h ap pen a fte r y ou t a k e t h e T ria l.
You g et a p erfe ct s c o re— 1500 p oin ts . N o o n e’s
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gotte n th is — well, e x cep t fo r s o m e k id a fe w y ea rs a go w ho th e m ilit a ry m ad e a g od dy fu ss o ver.
W ho k now s w hat h ap pen s t o s o m eo n e w it h a s c o re t h at h ig h ? P ro b ab ly lo ts o f m on ey a n d p ow er, y ea h ?
You s c o re b etw een a 1 450 a n d a 1 499. P at