The second measure did not use the bowl.
Calder explained it in the courtyard, with Isole translating more smoothly now after a full day inside the language. She still paused when the grammar turned unfamiliar, but rarely lost the thread for long.
"No obstacles today," she said. "He says this measure is for something the ground cannot test by itself."
Calder continued.
"Work beside people on something that genuinely needs doing. The Standing trusts what a person does alongside someone skilled more than what they claim they can do."
Valerica considered that.
"That's harder than yesterday. The ground didn't care what we thought of it."
"People will," Ashe said.
She flexed the arm Kest had marked and winced faintly.
"Let's hope they're more forgiving."
They were divided without ceremony.
