Oooh, so they were actually trying now. Right, then. On his next throw, Eliot put a little more effort into his aim. After a nice, easy roll, the ball hopped up into the 30 hole.

"And yet you're the one not playing fair." From the look of things, at least. There was a story behind whatever had made that ball roll wild on James' first throw, but Eliot wasn't going to pry. Only tease.