When everyone arrived at the schoolhouse, they were greeted by the sound of people reading aloud—but something about the sound felt oddly out of place.
It wasn't until they saw the scene inside the schoolhouse that they finally understood what was giving them that sense of dissonance.
The group was reading the most basic foundational text, the *Thousand Character Text*. Normally, such a text is meant for young children as an introductory reader, but instead, here was a whole crowd of adults reading it.
And upon closer inspection, weren't these people none other than the Fire-Swallowing Tribe who had given them such a fright the previous night?
