The judge set the inspection form on top of the empty case and asked Veda to describe the missing supplies.
“Two sealed packs,” she said. “Each contained a marker card, a light and a training bandage. We checked them at the last station. When we opened the case here, they were gone.”
“Who carried the case?”
“My teammate Renlo from the checkpoint to the service area. I carried it from there.”
Renlo, the contestant with the list, held up the broken seal. “It was intact when I handed it to her.”
Veda looked at him. “You said it looked intact.”
“It was closed.”
The judge wrote both versions down. He asked where the case had been put down and who had been near it. Veda identified the distribution table, a stop beside the equipment counter and several contestants passing through the lane. Eli had been seen near the counter after her group reached it.
