"I can understand: if they're your sisters, you would feel concerned they weren't brought back in the pods. But if they're still sleeping in there, that might be a good thing too: that way they don't have to get involved in this fight."

That would scare her, if she wound up spotting one of the smaller children from her tribe who had no bending ability.

"Well, why would you?" Kaya said, grinning. "Not having magic is just fine, because you can still be strong in other ways. One of the strongest men I know has no magic, but he's very intelligent."