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You chose to join the <span class="mu-s">Eastern Province branch of Tamers of Hundred Beasts</span>
You know you're not a genius. However, your performance in beast taming was good enough for them to be quite interested in you - maybe your path to greatness would be befriending powerful beasts and make them fight for you?
The thousand of kids are split among the 10-or-so sects.
Most selective ones are the crazy bastards that made you burn ants and the also-crazy ones making you drop in the dark water, followed by the Lotus-Pillar guys.
The Army and the Versatile Harmony Quest are accepting heaps of people, while the Beast Tamers are on the restrictive side - 20 of disciples have been chosen.
The particularly striking ones are the humming girl and the angry dude. Even with your limited world knowledge, you recognize they are something else.
Still, you are pretty confident you're on par or better than the rest of the class. All of you head toward the pen, when you are asked to take a few of the beast to corral to your new home.
Of course, the girl hops and hum, half dancing while taking in her wake a myriad of birds, rabbits, mouse, cat and dog on the smaller side, while the boy shout at two colossal hounds and a fully-grown tiger, making them cower and advance crawling belly-down.
You gaze at the various animals around and feel thunderstruck when your gaze meet the brown eye of an Alezan foal.
Like magnet, you walk toward the youngling, your hand extended. He steps once, then twice toward you - and nuzzle its head on your hand.
<span class="mu-s">"Looks like you won't need an Halter for that one."</span>
The onyx-hair, amber-eyed examiner nods approvingly.
<span class="mu-s">"Come on. Let's see if you have other strong affinities... Is something bothering you, kid?"</span>
You gaze around. You're not the most skilled one. You're far from struggling, too.
"Why helping me? - the man smiles.
- <span class="mu-s">This is the best use of my time. The two genius don't need me right now. The other will take twice the effort to nurture. You are the best suited to receive help right now for the better future of the Sect.</span>"
Under the man's guidance, you tour the pens. Farm animals follow docilely, albeit a bit reluctantly.
"<span class="mu-s">You're not fated toward them. You can order them easily due to their domestic mentality, but this would be a waste of your talents.</span>"
The various sized aquariums makes you take a step back - still feeling yourself drowning from earlier, you prefer staying away from anything seawater-related for now. You have way better affinity with forest delvers.
The thunderstruck-scene replays similarly with a wolf cub. Then, a viper coil on your left arm while an hawk roost on your right shoulder.
"<span class="mu-s">You might take more with you, but that would be pushing your luck. Use your <span class="mu-i">Inner Voice</span> to reach them - the same you talked the Flying Tamarins with</span>"
With that last word of advice, he leaves you to go help other youngsters.
