The technical evaluation for the Kell program was scheduled three days after Amaron submitted his application.
He arrived at the designated testing facility — a private training complex on the eastern edge of Valdenmere that looked more like a fortified compound than a civilian operation — and was directed to a staging area where two other applicants were already waiting. Both looked to be in their mid-thirties. Both had the worn, competent appearance of people who had been A-rank for years and knew exactly what they were capable of.
Neither of them looked at Amaron with any particular recognition or concern. He was young. His A-rank credentials were three days old. To them, he was probably just another ambitious Hunter who didn't understand what they were getting into.
That assessment lasted approximately ten minutes into the evaluation.
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