“One thing at a time.”

Eli wasn’t listening.

He had his chin down over the packet.

“I looked up the judges last week.

Three of them judged last year too.

I know their faces.”

Owen turned his packet back over.

“Nobody cares what they look like.”

“Faces tell you things.” Eli tapped the page twice.

“You can tell how a person checks a bubble sheet.

Top down or bottom up.”

Arthur laughed, one short sound.

“Keep that habit.”

Claire turned to the second page, where the money was listed.