“Oh, I do hope you do well, Simon.” Ms. Horfreiber simpers, “Out of everyone here, you certainly deserve to see your design ‘take flight’!”
You hope she leaves soon. Not only is she distracting and unwelcome at the starting block, you suspect she might be a saboteur as well. You certainly have no proof, but you have been noticing that your tools go missing more often when she’s around. You check the oil, and fiddle with the pressure gauge on your fuel tank.
“Well, I better go find myself a seat....