004. "Abnormalities"

Joseph comes home to find Kyle with a black eye, because their school's Conduit Gene Identifier Exam was that day and two of his classmates suspect Kyle to be a dormant Conduit. Joseph ponders about his own dormant status, and how dormant Conduits are treated in imperial territories.

Characters in Order of Appearance
1. Joseph Everest 2. Kyle Everest 3. Unidentified Examiner (flashback)