“Oh! I’m not worried about you taking it!” He quickly clarified.

Win or lose against Damien, and it would still be a night to remember. It’d probably be the best run of his year!

“…it’s just that you’re from another world… and not, well, fully human either. My world doesn’t have aliens or angels or, well… anything like that. If they disqualify you, and you’re my coach… um… I don’t want to be the first person to be stripped of Total Victory.”

He hoped Damien wouldn’t take offense. He legitimately wanted to run against him. But it was like outing Ziggy as an alien here. It wasn’t safe.