-Draco, what are you talking about?- Darius hadn't moved since.
-I didn't say anything, actually.- Reptile remembered that the master wasn't there in the evening, so they didn't have a chance to talk.
- Yesterday afternoon, I was practising with the guys... - He paused and thought. - Actually, I was supposed to practise with them, but in the meantime, I talked to Kei. I was interested in whether dragon and animorph training were very different from each other. At the time, I didn't know I shouldn't have asked him that. - He grimaced slightly as he recalled the redhead's reaction. - Kei had a panic attack, so we took him to the basement. Vi and Forth calmed him down, and Ari explained everything to me. I felt awful that Kei had to go through this trauma because of me. - He sighed heavily. - And then it dawned on me. - He turned to the master, forgetting about breakfast. - By a word of explanation. Two years ago, exactly two years ago, there were... tests at the Academy. - He grimaced, remembering something he really didn't want to remember again. - Fencing, hand-to-hand combat, human and dragon fitness... And an obstacle course.- Draco looked at his hands, noticing that he had instinctively clenched his fists.- And it was that unfortunate obstacle course. I wanted to prove myself, and on the trial run, I got almost the best time in the class. Not everyone liked that. - He relaxed his fists and stretched his fingers a few times. - Waiting for my turn to take the exam, I stepped aside as usual and continued to prepare, warming up my wing joints and the like. Then two boys from a parallel class approached me. One of them started insulting me and hurling various insults, but thanks to Pirce, I was already used to it, so I didn't react. I waited for him to finish and, unfortunately, that was the only thing I focused on.- A shiver ran down his spine.- I didn't notice that the other one had walked around me.
