Draven
By morning, someone had drawn the wrong route on the review sheet.
Draven turned the page toward the clerk.
"The second cart came down here."
"That's the route marked in the first report."
"The first report is wrong."
The clerk looked at the course sketch, then at the receiving judge's time entries.
"I'll amend it against the field record."
Draven waited while he did.
The clerk put a line through the mistaken route and kept the earlier notation readable beneath it. Then he added the corrected path from the field record.
Draven checked where the second cart joined the descent. The wrong drawing made the final defense look shorter and simpler than it had been. It also put the runner closer to the control than his call had found him.
Neither mistake would help the team understand the finish.
The clerk turned the page for him to confirm the change. Draven read the time beside it before nodding.
