If you're curious, ask my crew. [ so, no, she isn't merely from aboard the starstruck. although there's nothing explicit in the grammar, she speaks it with a surety of tone that communicates command. and not always a gentle one. ] I'm sure they'd be happy to regale you with tales about my temper.
[ all this said with her eye on the board instead of him. she toes the line once more. this time, there is no showmanship. it's down to math -- and it's less about hitting than the bullseye then about finding the proper trio of numbers to take her middling 141 down to 0, but no further.
she does a little mental work and aims first for the triple nineteen, taking it handily. then the triple twenty, taking it as well. for her last twenty-four points, she takes the double twelve. but peggy doesn't showboat. she doesn't celebrate. she waits for him to do the math himself.
it's hardly fair, really. had he gone first, he very likely would have taken the pot. ]
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[ all this said with her eye on the board instead of him. she toes the line once more. this time, there is no showmanship. it's down to math -- and it's less about hitting than the bullseye then about finding the proper trio of numbers to take her middling 141 down to 0, but no further.
she does a little mental work and aims first for the triple nineteen, taking it handily. then the triple twenty, taking it as well. for her last twenty-four points, she takes the double twelve. but peggy doesn't showboat. she doesn't celebrate. she waits for him to do the math himself.
it's hardly fair, really. had he gone first, he very likely would have taken the pot. ]