The roar of the crowd signals that a two-hour standoff has finally finished.
"House Bottomsley has defeated House Pikari," the announcer bellows.
That is the third match today. Milian has, as Kaline predicted, defeated Barillot. The hippogriff, Moonbeam, proved to be the destruction engine that we all feared. Then Rottmas went down in flames at the hands of Yonel.
We chose our match against Hegel early, leaving House Bottomsley with Pikari. Not that they protested much. Ophion and Zuba grin obnoxiously.
We'll be facing them down later, but for now, with the morning half gone, the matchup between House Riddlehoeven-Lammermoor and House Hegel is the final entertainment.
The announcer calls out, "Einswine and Peridot of House Riddlehoeven-Lammermoor versus Zaleta and Rayk of House Hegel!"
