One of the downsides to them authorising our stay on Dauntless was that we didn't know where to start when it came to holding auditions, or rather, I didn't. 'Do any of you play an instrument?'
'I can play the saxophone; it's a human instrument; you may have heard of it.'
While an Ingaran playing that particular instrument would be a sight worth seeing, Butland couldn't very well join the contest as a one-person band. And our guardians had already left the ship to wait outside. So asking their permission would be out of the question.
'Okay, saxophone, and can anybody sing?'
Cali was about to raise her hand, but Calvin beat her to it. 'My mother tells me I have the voice of a husky-voiced harpy.'
Asher was amused. 'A harpy, you say? Have you ever met one?'
His eyes widened again; the kid was too easy for Asher to pick on. 'You have?! Do they sound like this-'
