Ugh, morning lectures are so annoying. Mommy wants to teach them all about the Five, and the way the world was made, and Darragh is so over it. After what takes like forever, she's released to go play outside the den. She does turn around to tap the stupid rock, and then she's out in the world.

Free. Free from learning for a bit. At least, not until Ma starts the tournaments up. At least those are fun. She snaps at the air, leaps as high as she can, and comes down hard. Yeah, she's shaping up to have the biggest muscles, she thinks. She needs to gloat to a sibling, and she's got the perfect subject right in front of her.

" Siobhan !" she yells, whirling on her hind legs. "I bet I can beat you to that hill!"