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"But it'll be good for you!" "No thank you!" said Lucie, and she turned back to her screen. "Aw, don't be like that, mei-mei," her brother said. "Don't you remember what fun we used to have?" Mei-mei. That meant 'little sister' in Chinese. It was a word Mike had affectionately called her by ever since she was a baby. Their mom hadn't taught Lucie any Chinese because she wanted her daughter to integrate, so she'd mostly just referred to her brother as 'Micah'. Despite the eight-year age gap, they always made time for activities together - cooking, watching their favorite TV shows, and even the occasional video game - but it didn't feel right that he was asking Lucie to play a sport with him, as if that was something they'd always done. Sure, Lucie had been to the aquatics center maybe once in the last three years, two times at most. "C'mon, I was only joking when I said I'd make you play on the water polo team," "Good," said Lucie. "Because you know I'm not good at water polo