The universe was vast.
Just as the murmurs began to die down, Halver's voice rose once more.
"Before you go, I must tell you something important. In a few days, several of you will be selected to travel to the Bernard Empire's Space Research Institute. There, you will continue your studies—not just through diagrams, but through tools, machines, and telescopes that let you see the cosmos for yourselves."
Gasps rippled through the hall.
"There, you will learn what it means to study the heavens not with incantations, but with instruments. You will see magic measured, tested, compared against force and motion. You will learn how spells and science might one day work together to carry our kind beyond the stars."
He looked over the class, his gaze resting momentarily on each stunned face.
"The Bernard Empire believes in progress. But they also believe in potential. And some of that potential—" he smiled gently, "—sits in this very room."
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