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The Headmaster's office occupied the academy's central spire's seventh floor.
The room was larger than I had expected the first time I had been there, four months ago, for the Malcris briefing. The proportions were the founding-era proportions — high ceilings, leyline-lamp fixtures recessed into the moldings, the windows oriented to catch the morning light across the academy's eastern half. Orvyn's desk was at the room's far end. Two reading chairs were arranged at the window. A small table with a tea service stood between the chairs.
