Alma stood when Lore Master motioned to him.  He’d have to become accustomed to being called Dragon Master, but for now it was time to play drill instructor.<br/><br/>“Thank you Lore Master, it’s good to be here.”  The warm smile dropped from his face, and the temperature in the room started falling faster.  It was now equivalent to a winter night.<br/>“However, I am less enthused about our prospective students.  I would rather have had a large selection to cull for the best, but I can do the same with these.”  He leaned forward, placing his hands on the table with a hard thud.  His mouth opened in a smile of pure malice.<br/><br/>“I am going to give you each two tests.  The first begins now.”  The already dropping temperature went into sudden free fall, stopping a few degrees lower than the caves average.  Unless they lived on a glacier, this was likely the coldest they had ever experienced.