presence all of their own.


    feel the hulking shape of the Protectorate Auditorium looming above him as he walked across the great front entrance. He could sense the expansiveness of the fighting courtyards just beyond the arching doorways. And he most certainly noticed the stiff and imposing Administrative Hall that was the working area of the officers, Masters, and Directors of the College.


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    look about you is all.”


    had been talking about Markus in some fashion or another he supposed.


    feel in the air. What it was, he couldn’t say for sure. But it caused a shiver to ripple through Markus and it made the hairs stand up on his arms. He had learned long ago to listen to the signs, and it was telling him something was off.


    else. Markus stepped away so he was more fully in the shadows, and without another word, Markus turned and started to jog through the back alleys as he made up for lost time. He tried again to hone into the feeling, but it slipped away from him. Frustrated, Markus continued his course.


    did figure he would eventually run into someone he knew, he just didn’t think it would be so early. At least it was Orlick, someone he could depend upon to keep his mouth shut when asked.


    could result in a successful matching, but there really was more to choosing a Protecter than capability.


    feeling had dissipated.