The sky was darkening rapidly. Asa groaned, climbing up from the cliff edge and wandering back to the hall. People seemed to be getting ready for bed, most of them anyway. There were people scattered everywhere, some reading, others talking, a few already sleeping. There was even one boy up in the rafters. Nice and spacious up there, he thought, but far to hard for him to curl up. Asa instead picked a spot at the feet of a boy, snoring loudly in the middle of the room. Dropping down to all fours Asa circled three times and then curled up, tail rapping round himself as far as it would go. Pr