Kael
Forty points would qualify.
Sixty were available.
I read the figures while the student ahead of me tried to persuade a clerk that his first result deserved another look.
"Was the instrument wrong?" she asked.
"No."
"Was the attempt interrupted?"
"No."
"Then what do you want reviewed?"
He looked toward the score.
"The impression it gives."
The clerk waited.
He left.
I moved to the next place in line and tried not to identify with him too early.
The qualification ground had three sections. Controlled output, movement under changing pressure, and a sustained sequence. Each offered twenty points.
The score sheet also listed the usable targets, the stop procedure and the recovery interval between sections.
I checked those before looking at the standings.
A high score mattered for later placement.
Passing mattered more.
My medical officer checked the support under my sleeve and asked about the morning's grip test.
