Sufficiently Advanced Magic

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For Ariela Rowe, the newest member of my family. Each new life is a shining beacon of hope for the continued existence of humanity.

It was the day of my Judgment, and I was prepared in a thousand ways that didn’t matter.

If I have a choice between tests, I’ll pick a dialogue or mathematical challenge before accepting a combat challenge.

In the unfortunate event that I’m stuck in a combat challenge, I’ll try to run if there’s anything bigger than a goblin. Possibly even if it’s a goblin, depending on how mean he looks.

Spike traps are not my friends. Spike traps are the enemy. I will avoid them at all costs.

I’d been training for this day for five years — since the day my brother, Tristan, had left for his own Judgment. He’d entered the Serpent Spire and, like so many others, he’d never returned.

Now, at seventeen, I stood among hundreds of my peers. They were waiting to try their luck. But I didn’t trust luck. Luck wasn’t reliable.

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