16 DAMN IT, there was nothing for it. Izramith convinced Dashu that she wanted Eris and Wairin to come as well—since they’d be talking about work. Strangely, both men hadn’t come back from setting up their equipment at the Andrahar hub. Dashu said that it shouldn’t have taken them that long, so they went back to the Andrahar house to check what was going on— To find both of them, and Braedon, Taerzo, Liseyo and the twins, playing with the ball in the garden. Eris yelled, “Hey, guys, come join us. We need more people on the team.” All right. That was better than swimming. Dashu and Loxa joined the team with Taerzo, Wairin and one of the twins. Izramith joined Braedon, Eris, Liseyo and the other twin. Braedon explained the game. “You’re in the batting team. Someone is going to throw t