THE RED SASH
The final exams were about to begin, but the cadets of the Galka War Academy had not relented. Sagiri had moved up a sash to midnight blue after the exercise, and Salka had asked him if he would approve his crimson red sash if he landed a hit. It could also be the last time they sparred. Salka had agreed to train him after the field exercise in bow and arrow, sword, and combat. He and Senraki had not spoken with him about their conversation with Seyika at the Galka War Headquarters.
Sagiri, however, had a talk with N'varu.
"Are we from the south?" he had asked when they returned to the academy. They were standing in the arena above the fourth-year pentagon. N'varu had neither denied nor agreed but just said.
