"Runners take your mark..." The crowd was still in an uproar shouting spiteful things demanding that Michi and Grozdan be separated "... get Set.." I knew that animosity ran deep between their people, but I didn't think just seeing them side by side would cause such an outrage "....ready..." The profanities hurled at them I could not bring myself to repeat, Michiko's Aunt was a mess, her hands covering her mouth as she stared wide-eyed at the center of the pitch, unmoving, unflinching, I don't think I've seen her blink since they took the pitch "....GO!" The announcer yells and they're off