"Another hour...
"Another forty minutes...
"Another thirty minutes...
"Why isn't it time to hand in our papers yet..."
Babbling paced through the aisles of the examination hall with steady, even steps, inspecting the room. Every so often, she tilted her head slightly and glanced sideways at the clock in the corner. She was curious about Loren's final translation answer, but unfortunately, his hands were folded together and he sat perfectly upright, completely blocking the paper from view.
In theory, students were allowed to hand in purely written exam papers early.
Some students, even after finishing their papers ahead of time and checking them several times, would still cautiously review them again and again until the bell rang. Loren was clearly not one of those students. He had handed in every previous written exam early, yet for Runes, he refused to do so.
Babbling suspected he was doing it on purpose!
Students like this should be given detention over and over again, made to work for professors on weekends for free—translating documents, looking up materials, even sending and collecting letters...
She should have insisted on persuading him to take Runes in the first place, then used Miss Granger to pressure him into translating Ancient Rune for her. With four years of elective classes, he could have translated at least a few inscribed stone tablets. Thinking of the academic achievements she might have missed over the past few years, she felt deeply regretful, and the wait for the exam to end became even more unbearable.
She looked at the clock in the corner again. There were still twenty minutes until the end of the exam.
"..."
Babbling silently sighed to herself. As she wandered around the classroom, she unknowingly returned behind Loren. She instinctively glanced at his paper and immediately widened her