George takes the last few steps two at a time, running for the basement stairs, Maggie and Greyson are standing at the base of the steps, blocking his view. He grunts and calls out,
“What’s wrong? Who was swearing?” Maggie turns to him and points beyond to the mat, seemingly speechless. He frowns and looks at what she’s pointing at. Celine has some noise-cancelling earbuds in her ears, a blindfold on, and Nate’s belt tying one of her hands behind her back, her bo staff is spinning slowly in her free hand. He groans,
“f*****g hell!” Nate looks at him briefly, shrugs and refocuses on his opponent. Sammy had a bo-staff and was stalking Celine. Celine stands up straight, indicating that she’s pausing. Nate and Sammy relax and take a breather. Celine pulls at the blindfold and pops an earbud
