6 WE FINISHED EATING, and all too soon it was time to go. I felt like a coward for not wanting to return home, but there was no delaying it. “You know what else you should do?” Thayu said in a low voice as we walked down the street on our way to the station. No, I didn’t know. My mind was numb from the revelations about Nicha. It scarcely had room for anything else. “Sooner or later, with your involvement in Coldi associations, you will come across a situation where there will be a fight over a position. Without training, with scrawny arms like yours, there is no chance that you will survive.” Gee, thanks, Thay’. “I’m not Coldi. I can’t win anyway.” “I wouldn’t say that, and I’d very much hate for you to die because you never trained.” As usual, Thayu was right. “So, what do you wan