Can I just take a moment to say I really like the way that Tamora Pierce wrote Jory and Nia? Like, I feel like in fiction twins are portrayed as

1. complete and utter opposites in every way or

2. superduper identical in every way/sharing thoughts/finishing each other’s sentences/etc. 

but Tamora Pierce portrayed them the way I’m used to seeing twins (aka my younger brother’s), a little bit alike, and a little bit opposite, with their own personalities, but some shared traits too

and I guess it may seem like such a little thing, but I really liked it.  

Alex Edler did a few laps as well, but only after demonstrating proper form for the hammer toss. Someone was doing it wrong on the field in the middle of the track and Edler, who actually competed in hammer toss growing up, had a few tips.

I am dying. He is a Viking. Stop.