Chapter 122:
"Regarding those individuals who decided not to wait for me at the beginning of this process, whose disappearances you all witnessed, I should clarify that their elimination had nothing whatsoever to do with the examination itself. They were simply removed due to their own ignorance. Their actions will not affect your own chances of success."
He paused, letting that information settle, and then continued in a tone that had shifted into something far more serious than before.
"Although, I feel it is only fair to warn you that if any of you feel as though you have already done your best, if any of you sense that you do not have what it takes to continue further, now is the time to back out before things become truly serious. I will think no less of you for making that choice, and neither should you think less of yourselves. Knowing one's limits is its own form of wisdom."
