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Now I know they were the forces that contributed to our illusion of Owen's weightlessness; they were the forces we didn't have the : But this time, when I looked, there was one second left on the clock.          BECAUSE YOU KNOW HIS MOTHER, Owen said, pointing to me. The Great Hall was on the second floor of the Main Academy Building; it could be approached from two directions-up two wide and sweeping marble staircases, through two high and wide double doors.