<div class="floatright">(https://images.propstore.com/4128.jpg)</div><br/>Val seemed both embarrassed and ashamed of the title of Champion. It had gnawed on her mind that had she lost it might not have garnered the same interest. But the urge to win and get home had driven her, aswell as the cheers of the crowds.<br/><br/>She had looked for her father while Andragoras explained what might be coming. Casually, or rather as casually as she could, and eventually she had ended up by the pantry and returned with something to eat. In this case a package of large chocolate chip cookies. The very same cookies that she had tried to explain to an alien chef how to prepare in hopes of getting some freshly...lack of some ingredients had been a hindrance.<br/>