Jian read the corrected program before joining the waiting line.
Endurance. Formation. Valid paired results. Separate commendations for the rescue. The interrupted final remained interrupted, with no universal champion invented to make the printer’s life easier.
His own name stood beside the result he had earned.
He liked seeing it there.
Felix stood in the wrong line with a formal ribbon caught on the clasp of his case.
“Can this be issued in a shape suited to a pocket?” he asked.
“It hasn’t been issued yet,” Jian said.
“It has already begun interfering with ordinary movement.”
