[color=ed1c24]"As tight as one's schedule could feasibly be, I'd imagine,"[/color] he mused, pushing a piece of paper to the side, and pulling another from a stack to his left. [color=ed1c24]"Why do runners bother with finishing the final lap in a race if somebody else has already come in first? It's a nightmarish concept, [i]pride[/i]. It pushes silly little do-gooders like yourself towards wall after wall. You can only suffer so many concussions before your brain starts to..."[/color] He rose his hand and tapped the side of his head, [color=ed1c24]"Shut down."[/color]