THE ABSENT TEAMMATE
"It is a paid vacation to watch the competition", I replied to her.
"Are you sure? I'll order the expensive delicacy", Epius asked me.
"Order anything you want. The tab is on me", I replied to the Control Freak.
"I don't mind having a vacation if it's all paid for", Anitor added.
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"We've lost two matches in a row. How can the other families be so strong", a teammate asked the captain.
"It is strange that all the other teams have much stronger contestants this year than last", the captain said to them.
"All of us were eliminated in the last two rounds of fights, we are short of players", a teammate complained to them.
"And our reserve player hasn't turned up yet", another said.
"He must be afraid of losing that is why he didn't turn up", the captain said to them.
"Coward. He wasted one of our good slots", another added.
