"I surrender! Let go of me—I surrender!"
The instant Flametail indicated her defeat, a white towel from her faction was thrown into the ring.
"What, already? I would've liked to watch some more of that."
"Ah, come on! I was ready to do some s******g of my own!"
"What a shame. Guess we'll hafta wait 'til next year for a potential rematch!"
Flametail's surrender meant that the hostilities were over, so I shrugged and stood up, coughing in the process at some of the lurid commentary from the audience.
"Just you wait. I'll be sure to get my revenge!"
"You're welcome anytime." I raised my palms with a casual twirl. "Though I do feel compelled to remind you that you should sharpen up before then. If it's just going to be a repeat of today, that would be no fun."
"You…"
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