Even her footsteps were much lighter than usual.
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Once Selena Kensington returned to the judges' table, this year's acting department ranking exams began.
For each year's ranking exam, students randomly draw a segment from a play to perform live.
Typically, while one student performs on stage, the next student draws their exam piece.
After the performance ends and the judges give their critiques and scores, the next student steps on stage.
There's only a five-minute interval in between.
So, it really tests the students' skills and adaptability.
Sloane Hawthorne's exam number was right after Tiana Cheney's.
The two of them watched the performances of a few people ahead backstage.
Finally, when it was the turn of the student before Tiana Cheney to go on stage, the acting department teacher brought the box for Tiana Cheney to draw her piece for later.
Feeling a bit nervous, Tiana Cheney drew a slip of paper from the box.
She unfolded it and froze for a second.
