Now.
Before I say anything else about how the day went, I'd like to be honest about something, since I've been doing so much of that lately and it seems to be working out.
I cheat.
Not a little. Not in the grey-area sense where you glance at somebody's paper and feel bad about it afterwards.
I cheat comprehensively, on every theory examination this academy has ever put in front of me, and I have never once been caught, and I am not going to be caught, because of the single greatest investment I have ever made with system points.
I pushed my glasses up my nose and looked at question one.
FWANG!
[Query registered.]
[Q1 — Define the four stages of mana compression under enforcement conditions. (4 marks)]
[Answer: Gather. Seal. Compress. Release. Award one mark per stage. Examiner expects "seal" phrased as "containment" — either is accepted under marking guidance.]
