Four steps already belonged exclusively to them; they fit effortlessly. They commenced scanning their perimeter, witnessing the exclusive platform stationed on their right flank, boasting gold seats upon it and gold cushions scattered across the surrounding domain. It was glaringly obvious this perimeter was reserved strictly for the personnel of the Academy's Heart, and it was an impossibility for anyone else to sit anywhere near that domain, because the Academy Overseers had forged a physical barricade with their own vessels.
