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"Us?" Cassie blurted.

"Crayak and I have reached an agreement on a way to decide the issue. To
decide the fate of the Iskoort race. If Crayak wins, they will be
attacked, subjugated, and annihilated by another species."

Ax asked.

"The Howlers," the Ellimist said. "You have heard of them before."

I nodded slowly. Yeah, we'd heard of the Howlers.

"Crayak and I have agreed to decide the issue by a contest of champions.
His against mine. He has named the Howlers themselves, a group of seven.
I am to pit my seven champions against his."

"What is this, a football game?" Cassie demanded.

"No, that would be eleven guys on the field, not seven," Marco said.

"Seven Howlers against my seven," the Ellimist said. "The winners - the
survivors - will determine the outcome."

"And this has what to do with us?" Rachel asked belligerently.

"Oh, come on, Rachel," Marco said. "One . . ."

22 he pointed at me. "Two ..." he pointed at Rachel. "Three, four, five,
six," he pointed at Ax, Cassie, Tobias, and himself.

"That's six," Cassie said. "He needs seven. We're just six. That's not
what he means. Is it?"

The Ellimist said nothing.

Cassie said a word I've never heard her use before. Then, "You want us,
us to be your champions? To save these Iskrats?"

"Iskoort," the Ellimist corrected gently.

"I'm either honored or ticked off, I don't know which," Marco said
hotly. Then, "Oh, wait, I do know which, and it's not 'honored.'"

"This must be your choice," the Ellimist said. "Yours alone."

He disappeared. Ax disappeared. Tobias disappeared. The four of us who
remained were all back in our seats.

And time started up again, with dancers landing after the longest leaps

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