See, while everyone else was busy with their own verbal skirmishes throughout the familiar arena, there was one person who genuinely thought he'd managed to hide away for a little while.
Not that he'd run off on his own accord, of course.
The only reason Owen Mylor wasn't with the rest of the family was because the suddenly responsible young man had been asked to see his extremely nervous instructors before returning to sit with his parents. Apparently, they wanted to give him one last pep talk before the examination began, though who actually needed the encouragement between them was a question worth asking.
Sure, Owen had been nervous.
