"Any questions?" the announcer asked, his tone suggesting he really didn't want to answer any, that he'd delivered his message and wanted nothing more than to escape the auditorium before protests began.
Nobody raised their hand.
Everyone was too busy processing the implications, minds working through scenarios and strategies. Some students looked relieved, thinking they now had a chance against the previously unbeatable champion. Others looked worried (Mostly Wolverine tamers), realizing that the rules planned to counter Ren also limited their own strategies and some of other students in unexpected ways.
And Ren...
Ren was simply thinking about Klein.
About how he'd avoided him for months.
About how now Klein would have to listen to him, to work with him, to be in close proximity for three days where avoidance was impossible.
