The downtime between the Qualifier and the Main Race was traditionally used for engine tuning and strategy meetings.
Team Void Pirates was using it for an intervention.
"We need to talk about the tension," Aldren Vance announced, pacing back and forth in the cramped garage bay. He was wearing a smoking jacket over his racing suit and holding a pipe that blew bubbles instead of smoke.
"There is no tension," Elara Vance said, aggressively polishing her rolling pin. "There is only focus. I am focused on winning."
"Elara, please," Aldren scoffed. "You have the aura of a romance novel protagonist in Chapter 15. You are denying your feelings, which only makes them stronger. It is a classic trope."
"I am not in a romance novel!" Elara shouted. "I am in a racing arc!"
