The chair asked Edric what remained unsatisfied.
He had prepared an answer. I could tell by how quickly he placed the original challenge beside the morning's agreement.
"The contest tests the standing behind the allocation. A limited assessment cannot replace that simply because several students now wish to share the hours."
I stayed quiet while the chair read the notice.
I had spent most of the walk preparing arguments. Tessa had told me to let the person asking the question receive the answer first. At the time, I had found the advice unnecessary.
Sitting opposite Edric, I found it difficult.
The three committee members had returned to the same seats. Tessa sat at the end of the table, with the approved terms on one side and the examiner's result on the other. Valeria stood near the window. She had stayed for the ruling, but she had made no promise to stay through another evening of discussion.
The chair tapped the challenge notice.
