Spade prepares for a 'firematch'... in which the fighters are covered in a fine, white powder commonly called Dust and equipped with daggers. Dust bursts into flame on contact with blood - therefore the aim of the game is to bleed the least.

From a scene in The Meddler (novel). See my website for more info: http://khubschmid148.wix.com/khubswindow

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