Locker-room drill-master; the illness-rally teasing

texture · 3 Nov YDAU, 1640h

• When: 3 November YDAU, ~1640h (post-P.M. locker room)
• What: Recovered enough to hold court, Troeltsch works the exhausted upperclassmen with impromptu pop-quiz drills for Leith's History-of-Entertainment exam (cathodeluminescent panels, analogs vs. digitals, acutance). He notes he played only one challenge match because he "had a measurable fever in the A.M." and deLint told him to throttle down — prompting Freer's dig that Troeltsch's health always rallies once morning drills are over. Scene 036's Big Buddy speech also fixes his spot in the shifting B-squad pecking order (just above Freer, pending a rematch after an illness-default).