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Very, very early the next morning, Sai Onara was awakened by very loud knocking on her door.
"Go 'way!" she cried.
The knocking continued, even more forcibly, making the door shake.
Sai looked around. It was still dark. "It's too early! Come back when the sun's up!"
The knocking continued even louder, the door threatening to burst from its hinges.
"Just a minute!" Sai cried, then grumbled her way out of bed, and threw on a (conveniently provided) bathrobe. She opened the door yelling, "What do you want at this ungodly hour!"
Anakron stood in the door, smirking at her. He glanced to his right and thanked the troll who had banged on the door for him, then settled a level gaze on Sai.
"You will go back to your class today. I have straightened out the matter with your professor, and he understands that this is a one week crash course now. You will now have to fit five days worth of study into four, because the final exam is Saturday morning, bright and early. Hop to it. Your professor awaits you; he was willing to get out of bed early to give you a few hours extra time this morning to make up for yesterday. Good day."
Anakron turned away and strode down the hall, cape flowing in the breeze behind him, and had turned a corner before Sai could issue a single word of rebuttal, remonstration, or cussing.
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