Monday arrived just like every other Monday—without warning or permission.
Patricia was halfway through her porridge when David sat down, opened a notebook, and said, "I've been thinking about the competition scoring system."
Marcus didn't even look up. "Good morning to you too."
"The individual weighting per event is inconsistent. If you normalize across participant count and round structure, team coordination is actually worth more than individual combat once you account for the cumulative scoring across elimination rounds."
"David." Patricia pointed her spoon at him. "Eat something first. Please."
"I'm eating conceptually."
"That's not a thing."
He picked up a bread roll, took a single bite, and gestured with it like a pointer. "As I was saying. Individual combat gets all the attention, but the point spread tells a different story entirely."
Marcus finally put down his fork. "Combat is the main event."
