the tribunal endnote: one of our two very finest current talents
the administration’s too naturally concerned about the state of one of our two very finest current talents, who it’s clear he’s been unwittily dosed with an artificial stimulant prohibited by federal statute, O.N.A.N.T.A. regulations, and the Enfield Tennis Academy Honor-Code Specs on Artificial Substances
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The offense that actually matters, named by the machine itself. Pemulis's real crime isn't the deception; it's the dosing of "one of our two very finest current talents" — Wayne's body as ranked capital the administration is "too naturally concerned about" to be gracious. And the law it violated is stacked three deep — "federal statute, O.N.A.N.T.A. regulations, and the Enfield Tennis Academy Honor-Code Specs on Artificial Substances" — the governance-and-testing apparatus (048's world) closing over its #1.