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walls and seeping from the floor. I knew this was a trap. Kellum closed his eyes and
visualised the water. His feet left the ground. He didn t open his eyes to see how high he
he d floated. As long as his feet weren t wet, he didn t care. Lifting his arms outward, Kellum
imagined the water stopping. A loud crackling filled the air. When the sound of rushing
water ceased, Kellum dared to open his eyes. Ice coated the floor and where water had run in
rivulets, icicles sparkled like a wintry Christmas morning.
Relieved he d stopped the water, Kellum floated back down. Wow, he d never been
able to control that before. He wondered if something in the room helped channel magical
energy. The table had risen with Kellum. Curious, he pushed the red button. Heat rolled
through the room. The warmth dissolved the ice until it turned into steam. Kellum rotated
the air around him, keeping the burning sensation away. He spread out his air funnel of
cooled wind across the room until the heat vanished and the entire room went back to an
even temperature. Puddles of water evaporated from the floor as the room returned to its
previous condition.
Huh.
Still curious about the last button, Kellum inched a finger forward.
No! Drake shouted.
Kellum grinned and pushed the square. So far this had been kind of fun.
A low rumble echoed across the expanse of white. Trees burst through the floor and
spread their branches in woody ropes across the ceiling. Kellum took a deep breath.
Memories of home when he used to run through the forest filled his head. He d almost
forgotten those times.
Grass sprouted across the tiles and flowers bloomed in spontaneous bouquets. Kellum
plucked one, wondering if it would hold in time for him to give it to Drake. So far the green
button had been the easiest.
Birds began to chirp and Kellum smiled at the song.
A low growl had him freezing in his tracks.
Ahh, now he d found the catch. A giant wolf stalked through the trees and glared at
Kellum with its cold gold eyes.
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Hello there, Kellum said. He sniffed at the flowers as he thought over how to capture
the wolf without injuring him. He didn t know if the animal was real or not, but he couldn t
harm a living creature for defending its territory.
Another growl met his greeting.
With a little spurt of energy, the nearest tree answered his request. The big redwood
entwined a root around the wolf, then another until the beast lay in a wooden cage formed
from living roots.
A loud buzzer had Kellum wincing from the sound. Couldn t they use a softer chime?
The trees vanished as if they d never existed. To Kellum s surprise, the wolf turned into a
human fully dressed in jeans and a white cotton shirt. The man s eyes were still gold and his
hair unkempt.
Hey, I m Milton. Nice trick.
Thanks. Kellum kept a grip on the flowers. They had surprisingly kept their form.
Can I get out of here now?
A loud click and the doors swung open. Drake ran in and swept Kellum up in his arms.
Hey, the flowers& Kellum protested.
Drake stared down in surprise. How did you do that?
Do what? This entire test had been strange. He didn t know what they d learned, but
Kellum knew what to do now in case of a random flood.
Keep the flowers. They should ve dissolved with everything else.
I wanted you to have them. Kellum handed them over to Drake, who took them with
an expression of wonder.
Kellum held his breath but let it out when the flowers didn t disappear. He d never
given a man a bouquet before. He d have been horribly embarrassed if they d vanished.
Drake s smile outshone the sterile white walls. No one has ever given me flowers
before.
Good. Kellum thought the men around here must be pretty lame if a man as beautiful
as Drake hadn t been properly wooed. What did we learn?
He waved a hand to indicate the entire testing facility.
That you are a rare nature wizard. The test is geared towards your speciality. If you d
had an affinity for putting together cars, an engine would ve appeared. The fact you had
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three different buttons is unusual. I ve never seen more than two tests before and never has
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