Selenne remained in Hall C until the last footsteps faded beyond the sealed doors. Memory crystals descended from their observation points, desks returned to alignment beneath the maintenance wards, and the pressure of twelve anxious mana signatures thinned into the cooler rhythm of the chamber. She preferred examinations after the students had carried away their expectations and the room retained only what had happened.
She returned to the dais and pressed her fingers against the scoring slate. Violet light divided the record into its score, supplementary observations, memory crystal, and preserved environmental conditions. Isolde Valoria had possessed the broadest education and used it with disciplined restraint. Elowyn Caerlin covered less ground, yet she examined the ground itself before trusting the path laid over it, locating damaged premises and rebuilding her answers from what remained usable.
