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"Okay. Group huddle. Good job out there, girls." Jennifer was visibly flustered at her error. Serena knew the face. It was the same perplexed look she had had at losing to that Aegislash. "First, I apologize for that bad move. I didn't know it was packing Air Slash. I figured it was going to fly up and burn some time. What I didn't realize was that in switching you'd lose your chance to hit it, White."

Turning to the other robot girl. "Serena. How much time elapsed during our battle? You certainly have built-in stopwatches and stuff, right? They gave us three minutes...let's just hope we finished it before then, so we can eat when it's at its most delicious. We'll just split White's portion, since you said she shouldn't eat. Maybe for the second course I'll let you take the center. After all, I did lose to you, plus I'm not from around here, so you'll know how to do this better!"

At least Jennifer was remembering to be gracious in defeat. Yes...on account of her victory, Serena was by default more qualified to lead the group against the next round. Hell, she was already in charge of deciding when the optimal moment to dig in was. That didn't stop Jennifer from stealing a few curious sniffs under the cloche, the specially designed metal lid that went over the plate.