Unbothered singles loss, doubles win, the injected knee, the sedated ride home

texture · 6-7 Nov YDAU

• When: 6 November YDAU (matches and post-meet mixer) into the ~0030h 7 November return
• What: Schacht, incredibly, loses his singles in three sets to the squat spin-doctory opponent despite the kid's debilitating nerves at crucial junctures — and his not being upset about it is itself remarked on by staff, the reconfiguration (event 5) made public. He and a conspicuously energized Troeltsch then rally for the big win in 18-A #2 doubles. By day's end he is in too much knee-pain to remark on much of anything; on the bus he sits listing to port, unresponsive to hands waved before his face, while LaMont Chu promotes a titanic jockstrap out of his gear bag for future Eschaton service.