ONE MONTH LATER
Granger Jones' P.O.V.
I only took the Merits once. Long 176 years ago. But I've been at the Big Arena many times - including the first time I accompanied my daughter here...
We stepped foot onto the 17th floor of the Big Arena building, almost scraping the sky in its massiveness. It was a top-notch edifice - open, welcoming, linear space with clean lines and a simple rectangular design. Each floor was assigned to one field and rooms on it were filled with five randomly selected judges for each sub-field. The Ground-floor was assigned for sports.
Vanessa wore a pink flannel dress with white flowers on it. She looked precious as she fidgeted her fingers nervously.
"Vanessa, hi!" James, her friend, beamed seeing her. He was also taking Medicine Merits.
"James," she s
