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power rating: 5.6 +/- .3

status: on Ordeal

initiation: 4777598.3

completion:

duration to present date: 90.3

resolution: nil

Kit stared at the duration figure for a moment: There was something wrong with it. тАЬThat doesnтАЩt look
right,тАЭ he said at last. тАЬDid a decimal point get misplaced or something? That looks like months.тАЭ

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тАЬIt is months,тАЭ Tom said. тАЬJust a whisker over three, which is why it came up for attention today. The
manual normally flags such extended Ordeals to be audited by a Senior.тАЭ

тАЬI thought nobody was allowed to interfere with a wizardтАЩs Ordeal,тАЭ Kit said. тАЬItтАЩs what determines
whether you ought to be a wizard in the first place. Whether you can run into the Lone Power and
surviveтАжтАЭ

тАЬNormally thatтАЩs true,тАЭ Tom said. тАЬBut Ordeals arenтАЩt always so clear-cut; they do sometimes go wrong.
A resolution can get delayed somehow, or there can be local interference that keeps the resolution from
happening. An areaтАЩs Seniors are allowed a certain amount of information about Ordeals among
probationary wizards whoтАЩd be in their catchment area if things went right, especially if something goes
wrong in a specific sort of wayтАФa stuck Ordeal, or a contaminated one. We have some latitude to step
in and try to kick that Ordeal back into operation again. While interfering as little as possible.тАЬ

Kit nodded, glancing to one side as Carl came up from the basement with a very large roll of duct tape.
тАЬAh,тАЭ Tom said. тАЬThe substance that binds the universe together.тАЭ

тАЬWeтАЩll see,тАЭ Carl said, and bent himself over sideways again.

тАЬItтАЩs a brute force solution,тАЭ Tom said. тАЬInelegant. The phoneтАЩs right there!тАЭ

Carl ignored him and started doing something with the duct tape.

тАЬSo now we come to this kid,тАЭ Tom said, indicating the highlighted listing again.