“Fine,” Chiwané answered. “Whoever isn’t ready now is on their own.”
We just laughed as Rispan led us off. Besides me and Rispan and Mouse, we had Kooras, Chiwané, Kirsat, Tarana, Avin, and Sabela. We were halfway down the hall when Lanar ran to catch up.
“Where are we going?” he asked.
“There’s a place on the east side of Market Square I’ve wanted to go to forever,” Rispan told him. “Now that we’re adults, they’ll let us in!”
“What place?” Sabela asked.
“You’ll see!”
Market Square was the biggest cavern I had seen yet. The floor was checkered with tents and huts; stalls selling anything you could imagine. Along the walls of the cavern were doors that led into more solid structures for shops and restaurants and bars.
Rispan led us off to one side. About a third of the way down we ca
