Hika made an irritated sound and flopped onto her own sleeping bag.

"Of course she is! She said we're here for the exhibition only, not to compete. Man! She and Dad both did it last year, so I don't know why she's being such a stick in the mud."

Poking out her bottom lip, she blew a few errant strands of hair out of her face. "She just thinks we're going to get hurt. Like I didn't used to spar with Shan and Quan all the time. And those guys are rough."