When Lee gets off duty at 2100 hours, he skips the rec room—why bother going if he can’t play? At least in his quarters, he’s able to connect to the games server on his tablet, even if Owned is slow to load on the handheld device. Thomas hasn’t yet banned all games, but he knows he’ll have to be careful. After logging in, his first stop is the main chat room, where he scrolls through the usernames looking for any he recognizes. Brenna must’ve been serious about staying away, though, because she isn’t listed, and when he clicks on her name in his list of previous opponents, it shows her as offline.
Figures. She beat him once and now she’s too scared to try him again. In a fair fight, she knows he’ll win.
He goes back to the chat room, looking for someone with stats comparable to his. He w
