Eli couldn't care less if he wins or not, but to hear some audacious words hurt his feelings.
He was not the least affected by any form of bullying but he was sensitive when it comes to topics about his mom. It was a struggle he has yet to learn how to handle since he was never bullied in the Philippines. Instead, his playmates' mothers acted very kindly to him, as if they were his real mother.
Therefore, he never had to endure mean words like being 'motherless'.
"How blind am I to vote for his work? It cannot even be called an art!" Commented by an angry mother. "Should we reconsider casting votes again? Cause the painting cannot even be called art!"
