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instructor. Also as
usual, she had been wounded in the fight and was dismissed early to take care
of the wound.
    The hospital came into sight, and Senndra
slowed to a walk. The trails were deserted at this time since the academy
students were in their classes and all of the instructors were teaching. As a
result, there were no distractions, and Senndra loved the quiet. She could just
sit for hours on end and observe nature, the plants and the animals interacting with each other. As she walked
toward the hospital, her gaze strayed to the forest, down the mountain from
where she was. She couldn’t be certain, but she thought she could make out the
shape of a deer on the outer edge of the trees. Suddenly, a red blur burst from
the clouds above the forest and dove toward the deer. The deer broke into a
sprint for the trees, but before it had gained
safety, the dragon that was hunting the deer grabbed it in its claws and flew away.
    Senndra let out a breath she didn’t know
she had been holding and continued to stare at the place where the dragon had
disappeared. Just the sight of the creatures made her heart beat faster.
Everything she knew about dragons pointed to their intelligence and grace. Even
the way the dragon had killed the deer had been graceful.
    Senndra shook herself from her thoughts
and walked the rest of the distance to the hospital. She pushed open the door
with her good hand and walked through the empty waiting room to the table that
served as the receptionist’s desk. The receptionist looked up from a book at
the sound of the door opening and saw Senndra.
    “How are you today, Senndra?” she asked as
she used her finger to mark the book that she had been reading.
    “Pretty good, Michal,” Senndra answered.
“Just got nicked sword fighting, and Lemin sent me down here.”
    “No one else is here, so you can go in,”
Michal said as she reopened her book.
    Senndra walked past Michal and down the
hall to the back of the building. Here, one of the only doors in the building
separated the doctor's personal study from the rest of the office. The study
was rather large and lighted by three large windows.
It was basically empty, containing only a
bookcase and a desk. Behind the desk was a small, balding man.
    “Hello, Senndra,” the man said as he set
aside some papers . “What are you in for
today?”
    “Hello, Doctor Samuel,” Senndra responded.
“It's just a small cut from sword fighting.”
    “Don’t miss a day, do you?” Samuel said as
he rose from his desk . He led Senndra out of
his office, down the hall, and into an operating room .
    “I was thinking about preparing the
equipment before you got here, but decided against it,” Samuel said as he
gathered supplies from several cabinets. “Now I’m beginning to wish I had done
so.”
    “Like you said, I never miss a day,”
Senndra responded. She removed the cloth from her hand at Samuel’s prompting
and held it out for him to examine.
    “Nothing more than a flesh wound,” he said
after examining the cut. “It shouldn’t slow you down at all.”
    “Good,” Senndra said. She watched as
Samuel first cleaned out the cut then wrapped a bandage around her hand and
fastened it.
    “Thanks, Doctor Samuel,” Senndra said when
he finished. She left him in the room to put things away and walked back
outside. The peace and quiet she had left only fifteen minutes ago had been
replaced with the chatter of students as they left their classes. They followed
the main path down the mountain toward the dorms, and
Senndra joined them. She didn’t see anyone she knew and continued in silence.
She passed the mess hall and was just in view of her dorm when an
unwelcome voice sounded behind her.
    “Hey Senndra, wait up.”
    “What do you want, Vladimir?” asked
Senndra, turning around to face him.
    “Nothing,” he said as he pulled up in
front of Senndra. “Just wanted to say hi.”
    “Well, in that case, hi,” Senndra said,
her voice tight.
    “So,