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Repetition. You use the word cave several times in the same paragraph, and it becomes very distracting. You've already established that the setting is in the cave, so you don't have to repeat the word when describing atmosphere.
Take this sentence out. The character's actions should speak for themselves. Since Kai asks Draco about it, you don't need to tell us he's wondering how much he knows. It's already obvious because of the question.
I'm not sure if amusingly is the right word. You're describing his look as amusing, but that doesn't mean he's amused at Kai. Reword this, since the meaning is muddled.
I used to use phrases like this alot, but now I know that they're very awkward. Either he jumped or he didn't jump, right? How do you nearly jump? I'm sure you can come up with a better description for his surprise.
One comment on their ability to mind read. You say that it's an important skill to have during battle, yes? Wouldn't that mean it would have to be a subtle act? If someone can actually feel a tugging in the back of their head when their mind's being read, it's not very subtle. I would imagine that person would realize something was happening to him. Just a thought, pay no mind to it if you disagree.
Almost dryly? Don't stick in adverb unless they really add something to the meaning. In this case, it doesn't. Any vividness that would be conveyed in that tag is ruined due to the "almost". It's unneeded.
Instead of "I've seen", using "I saw" would flow a lot better in my opinion. It just sounds better.
Dark blood hair? Maybe dark blood-red hair, but not blood hair. That doesn't make much sense.
You have the same problem here that you did in the first paragraph. Throughout this paragraph you have repitition of the word "obelisk" too many times. Fix that.
amazement
Take out this part. You already said basically the same thing in the last sentence, so this bit isn't needed.
These three sentences can be combined into one. All your basically saying is that you reached for it and grabbed it. Doesn't take three sentences to do that.
Your descriptions of character reactions are almost always passive. You need to describe body language, and raw feeling. The kinds of descriptions you have make everything seems superficial and we really don't get a sense of what the main character is feeling. This is essential. A measure of a good writer is how well he or she is able to communicate emotion. Without that skill, your fiction is nothing.
No duh. We can see that. Please cut this out.
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Okay, enough nitpicks. I think you get the idea.
Main problem? Communication of emotion. I had a lot of trouble feeling exactly what the main character felt. Like I said before, this is crucial. Work on your description of their reactions. Include more body language and physical changes that imply what it is they're feeling at the moment. For example, if someone is scared, you can describe how all the color suddenly drained from his face. Stuff like that. I promise you, if you work on that, your writing will be doubly better.
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I need someone to critic my work!!!