"About the same as soccer, only without people in front of the bins, and, er, gooseberry baskets instead of... well, whatever they've got in soccer to score. Goal. And there's no set places or names. Just however many you've got, split in two. I used to play it back in the Emerald City. When you did well, the soldiers would buy you treats.

"It was a good way to get food when you're a bit too tall for begging and too skinny for finding work."