None of the Natural League delegates were willing to sit next to representatives from the Fosterlings, the Natural’s derogatory term for the worlds aided by the Stryx. But the Drazens and the Dollnicks were engaged in a long-standing feud, the Frunge and the Hortens could barely stand to be in the same room together, and the Verlock didn’t want to sit next to anybody. As the top local representative of Fight On, the human gaming guild co-sponsoring the tourney, Stanley believed he had solved the seating puzzle a half-dozen times. Unfortunately, each time the delegates took their places, somebody would be left standing, due to a previously unannounced objection. A few years back when Stanley attended the sit-down for the big Horten tourney, he was surprised when the meeting was held in orbit around Horten Five. Each delegate was enclosed in an identical white sphere, floating randomly around a small volume of space, communicating with each other through electronic interfaces.
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