<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ccff99">Ayla sighed, really wanting nothing more than to take a break, get a drink of water, see what had her brother so quiet. She jumped a little at the harshness of his tone, a hurt look crossing her face. She knew he was pushing her harder than he needed to, and she knew that he was well aware of that fact. But still he pushed. There was a strong urge in her, a welling up of anger that almost caused her to snap right back, before she saw the look on his face.</span><br/><br/><i><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#4dffa6">&lt;ayla… take a deep breath…&gt; </span></i><br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ccff99">She blinked, doing as she was told almost instinctively. Their connection was continuing to get stronger, as though their efforts were exercising the reflexes, opening it further for the two of them. But it still wasn’t enough nothing was ever enough.</span><br/><br/><i><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#4dffa6">&lt;focus sister. Just forget about me, my work, our connection, everything. Focus on the task at hand. I know you can do what he’s asking. You just have to focus…&gt;</span></i><br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ccff99">With another deep sigh, she opened her eyes as her teacher began to speak again, both of them calmer for the time being. What he was suggesting this time was different. But still she let out a faint groan. Two perfect clones would not be enough to impress the judges.</span><br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#4dffa6"><i>&lt;don’t worry about that. Worry about successfully fooling him. This isn’t about the test. This is about doing what he asks, and doing it beyond what he expects. Impress him.&gt;</i></span><br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ccff99">She took a few more deep breaths, her brother fading from her mind. Pulling up the image in her head, as though she were looking in a mirror, she was more careful this time. There were only two of them, so she poured everything she had into it. Sure the patterning of the freckles wasn’t exactly right, but how many people counted the exact number of freckles before a test, or memorized the randomization?</span>