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Arden hesitated. The other students—the ones who'd attempted 01-05-01 before him—were now in the infirmary, their eyes open but seeing nothing. Their mouths moved, whispering conversations from dreams that had eaten their way out.
"Candidate 01-05-01," a voice said. Not a person. The room itself. The walls exhaled the words through hidden brass grilles. "Your bath is ready."
He remembered now. This was the dream he'd buried. Not a monster. Not a fall. S Lsd 01 05 01 - NEW CONTENT Private Acad Bath...
The room paused. Then, softly: "Because the first nightmare is the lock. Every other fear is just a key."
The water was always the first thing you felt. Not the chalkboard, not the cold metal of the desk. The water. Arden hesitated
"Why this one?" Arden asked.
Arden tried to wake. He couldn't. The liquid in the Academy's pool was now inside his lungs, and he could taste it—salt, iron, and something sweet, like birthday cake left in rain. "Candidate 01-05-01," a voice said
Inside was a bathtub—old, claw-foot, chipped enamel. And in the tub, a version of himself at age five, sitting perfectly still in black water, staring at him with eyes that were too old . The child spoke without moving his lips: