92 No Rest For the Wicked

He distinctly remembered the day when he realized that was different from the rest of the other children.

It happened during the first winter after he'd been moved to the Outer Nursery.

One of the children, Madel, had miserably failed the endurance test. An important test where the children would be subjected to highly condensed Anima in a small room.

It was a relatively simple test as the name suggested. The only thing they had to do was endure the pressure of the Anima in the room.

If you passed out at any point, the test was over. The individual with the longest time in the class would be rewarded and the person with the shortest time would be punished.

And Madel, having ranked last, would have to go without dinner for the last night of month.