Ryu wanted to meet Haneul right away.
"Anyone who can put you on your back is someone I need to shake hands with," he said on the way down the stairs. "Then I need to hit him. Not hard. Just enough to see."
"He'll hit you back," Jin said.
"Even better."
They went out to the yard behind the gym first. It was empty. The dent in the dirt where the shadow copy had landed was still there, and so were the long scrapes from the staff, but there was no sign of Haneul. The shade under the gym wall looked like ordinary shade.
Jin checked the gym next, then the roof, then the far side of the field where Haneul sometimes ran laps before breakfast. Two of the captains were out there setting up for their squads, and they both shook their heads when Jin asked. Neither of them had seen him since last night.
