“Dragonbowl,” Nina said eagerly. “First you soak raisins in brandy, and then you turn off the lights and set them on fire.” “Why?” “To make it hard to grab them.” “What do you do once you have them?” “You eat them.” “Don’t they burn your tongue?” “Sure but—” “Then why would you—” “Because it’s fun, dummy. You know, ‘fun’? There’s a word for it in Fjerdan so you must be familiar with the term.” “I have plenty of fun.” “All right, what do you do for fun?” And that was the way they went on, sniping at each other, just like that first night in the water, keeping each other alive, refusing to
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