“I am lucky that none of my brothers are coming for my position,” Yassine acknowledged, laughing at Zavala’s family being so different from his own; amongst his family, Yassine was the brother whose fate was to be avoided, not emulated. Better for him, really - poor Zavala would one day have to bask in his sibling’s shadow, as the other must do now.
“Only a little,” he added, about reading up - which was a certain understatement, but he had no issue sounding completely cavalier about it. “Although I hear your women’s team placed second in this year’s league.” Something about Harpies... but more importantly in this conversation, their team had placed above the team Zavala captained. National captain, and couldn’t even bring his home team to the top of the league?
“Only a little,” he added, about reading up - which was a certain understatement, but he had no issue sounding completely cavalier about it. “Although I hear your women’s team placed second in this year’s league.” Something about Harpies... but more importantly in this conversation, their team had placed above the team Zavala captained. National captain, and couldn’t even bring his home team to the top of the league?
