Year of study: fourth
Assignment type: solo (with mentor observing)





Tora told me to pretend she isn't here, but that's a little difficult when I can sense her right behind me, watching my every move. She's come along on assignments before, of course, but I was always with another trainee. This is the first time I get to do it alone—if you can call it alone with a mentor practically breathing down your neck.

I step quietly along the corridor toward the bathroom. Over the spray of water, I catch t...