"I'm not the one to decide that," Ayin said simply, "but it usually depends on how that help arrives." The kedan, after all, were not interested in one more too-smart person telling them how to do things just because they thought they knew better, Foreigner or no Foreigner.

That was fast. He must have a good memory, to be able to write all that so quickly. That, or he'd missed sections.

"Thank you," she said, taking the application and the card. "You'll be contacted with the results within two weeks. An interview is the next stage."