The force has awakened
Esdras was putting his clothes back on while Tara stood in the hallway with a complicated expression. This whole time she was unable to comprehend how everything fell apart like this.
In her shock she didn't respond to Esdras for a long time which irritated him at last.
"Hey, are you done spacing out? I want to hear an answer." He said firmly.
"T-that… what do you want me to exactly?"
Tara closed her eyes and opened them again to return to reality as hard as it was to accept, she had to find a sliver-lining.
"Actually nothing. Just keep acting as you always do. Pretend that everything is as usual."
"R-really?" Tara asked in disbelief.
"Yes, really." Esdras smiled, "keep your little friends out of the loop and convince them that I am under your spell, you can do at least that much right. I will tell you the rest later."
"B-but we— I mean they, they want to kill you during the exam, you know it's allowed to kill other apprentices during the exam without any repercussions."