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"Look! This is the les incised to the right of this passage "Like start gates on a Fives court"

"This is not a Fives court, Jes," says Kalliarkos, hands extended as if cal a crazed person "We are buried underneath the City of the Dead But Ro and I have found stairs--"

"Don’t you see?" Like my mother I’m feverish, but it’s an idea that consu that announces each new Fives run: Shadows fall where pillars stand Traps spill sparks like grains of sand

Tointo harmony: Seen atop the trees, you’re known Rivers flow to seas and home

Kalliarkos whistles sharply to interrupt us "You both need to drink so and sit down You’re dizzy"

"No, she’s right about the reement comes so unexpectedly that I actually smile at him "And there were sparks that turned to sand"

"I didn’t see any sparks," says Kalliarkos

"You’re not Efean," says Ro-emnu "Go on, Doma"

The pattern has seized s unfold on the court "You said you cliround colance at each other "We entered next to a pool and crossed some streams," says Kal

"Ah! Then you entered in Rivers Even better! But the passage here that’s marked with Rivers is blocked, so we can’t return that way What if you cliet to the toe was constructed is kind of a trap, right? If the stairs you found lead to Rings, then they won’t take us to the surface but into the heart of the cos’ toh Pillars to circle back to Rivers Doesn’t that make sense?"

Ro-emnu shakes his head "This can’t be a Fives court because Fives isn’t an Efean gaht it here with their other festivals"

"How do you know the Saroese brought it? You weren’t alive then Your grandparents weren’t even alive yet" Hands on hips, chin up, I challenge him "Look around! Obviously this is not a Fives court because it isn’t the ga you wish that if we enter the passage marked like Pillars ill end up in awith," Ro-emnu retorts