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noticed the reader stand straight up and close his eyes.  Donny realized the reader was trying to read his thoughts, to find out where he was.  Ok, Captain Williams, let’s see if I can apply what you just taught me.   Donny tried to picture blackness in his head, a blackness that fills all the space.  Captain Williams had said he was trying to make Jay see a black screen, so Donny figured he might as well try to do the same.  His screen clearly did not work, as the reader soon began moving quickly towards the neighbor’s tool shed.  Donny, however, was actually on his own roof.  Good to know; my screen didn’t work, but thinking about the inside of that tool shed did the trick, Donny thought to himself, as he did his best to conceal these thoughts behind his attempt at a shield and mental images of the inside of that tool shed.
     
     
     
    THROUGHOUT THE TEST, Captain Williams made no sign as to how Jay was doing, nor was Jay able to read any of his thoughts other than those of the cards.  He made it through the cards much faster than the last time, despite there being twice as many involved.  This time he knew he was getting them right.  I am a reader, Jay thought in amazement. 
    When the test was done, Captain Williams got up and led Jay out into the living room, where his parents were still waiting along with one of the readers. 
    “Please get your other son; I would like to be able to address your whole family at once,” Captain Williams demanded. 
    “He went to bed; he’s had a long day,” Jay’s mother responded, not making any indication that she would be waking Donny.
    “Ma’am, this is very important, and it is necessary that I address the whole family.”
    “I’ll get him,” His father responded, turning towards the stairs.
    “No, I’ll get him!”  Jay burst out.  He knew Donny had been outside listening, and not actually in his bed.  Donny would be in a lot of trouble if he were discovered to have been spying on delegates from the Academy. 
    “I would prefer your father were the one to get your brother,” Captain Williams stated.  So he wishes to expose Donny.   Jay could not think of anything he could do.
    Jay’s father turned and went up to Donny’s room.  A few moments later, he emerged with Donny, who was dressed in his pajamas and rubbing his eyes.  The two of them went down the stairs and joined the rest of the family.  Jay tried his best not to appear surprised.  Shortly thereafter, the second reader, the one who was out searching for Donny, walked in.  He looked angrily at Donny for a moment, then noticing Captain Williams, quickly became serious again. 
    Captain Williams looked around the room at everyone gathered there.  They look so normal, he thought to himself, and yet they have one amongst them who has the potential to become the best reader the Academy has ever seen.  
    He waited for a moment, letting everyone anticipate his words.  Once he started speaking again, everyone was in full attention.  “As I am sure you all know by now, we have come to test Jay to see if he possesses enough of an ability for mind reading that he would be worth having at the Academy.  We have all the information we need now, so we will leave your family in peace.”
    As Captain Williams had expected, the family was not pleased with this.  He knew they were wondering what the results were.  He knew this family, just like all the rest, held admittance to the Academy in the highest regard.  At first the family was displeased by his arrival, and now they do not want him to go.  Captain Williams gave a nod to his men, and the three of them turned and began walking out of the house.  Jay's mother opened her mouth to speak, but Jay and Donny simultaneously took either of her hands, signaling to her that it is alright.  The family waited in silence until long after they heard the door shut, and the two cars pull out of the driveway and drive off.  Finally their mother