Saul looked up. “Oh, you wanted to start now?”

“Why not?”

“Because I'm going to kick your ass long before the campers do.”

“Yeah? Try me. I'm no rookie.”

Saul stood then. Even with his bad back, he seemed to grow a foot as he approached. “You're right. You're just a child.”

Tommen figured he'd had enough exposure to the Akari by now that he could at least hazard a pretty good guess when an Akari-Band was used, such as now when Saul encased the whole...