"Unfortunate," the puppet said as it flipped the bowl with the red crystal. "You have lost."
Liz slowly stood from her seat after handing over the single star. She was a little annoyed at having chosen the wrong bowl just now, but it was quite obvious that she would have chosen the wrong one from the start.
The moment she had sensed what she did, it was almost guaranteed that she would fail.
She wanted to shout at the puppet for what it had done, but with so many people watching, she had to stay calm and not give anything away.
As she walked back, Ronron took her place, walking toward the puppet. As she arrived, Liz quickly leaned in close and gave her the details.
Ronron's eyes widened in surprise.
"Are you sure?" she asked.
Liz nodded.
Ronron held a strange expression the entire way to the puppet. She slowly sat down before it, watching the thing without a face with careful eyes, as though doing that would let her see through whatever mask the puppet hid behind.
