oded back as a dull red. Brittany looked lik

er, then let my eyes drift towards

in. Don't terrify t

en't ready t

other is way more talented than Leo! Everyone knows he

" I

it Classic! It's, like, super prestigious! Way better than being... whatever you are.

ar-old niece mentioning it. She'd won her age group a few

nice,"

hat do *you* do, huh? Besides stand around and critic

er shoulder, though he looked eq

ng off his hand. "What gives you the righ

is up. I could practically hear the pr

uld mention the pro-bono wor

r

s invited to the National Policy Debate Tournam

bate? Seriously? That

ional Mock Trial tournament," I c

like, a pretend lawyer? How'd you do? Did you even place?" He w

a small, po

ked me to stick around and judge the un

or *Starfleet Academy*? Being second best out of, what, a dozen serious contenders? That's about as i

le

drones seemed to

. Brittany looked like

er, headset askew. "Uh, Ms. Hayes?

unaware, holding a bottle o

Leo." I t

y typing into her phone. A few minutes after

tly googled "Ava Ha

linked to a rather legendary run at the Yale Invitational a few years back. Under a slightly diffe

t starting to get a l