Nope, Adi heard none of what Tanner said under her breath. If he had, he would have explained to her that he found the game boring because not many times there was a winner for the game and he thought it lacked excitement. That was all. Sorry, Professor. That earlier statement hadn't been meant for your ears.
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Annnd they were moving on!

"I know you want me to stick around so I'll stay here,'' Adi told Benny cheerfully as he got back out his writing stuff from his bag which was hung on the back of the chair he was sitting on.

He then zoned in on what Tanner was doing on the board. Oh. That seemed easy enough. Adi grabbed his quill, dipped it into ink and began to follow the pattern, using a coloured pencil to write the numbers from his date of birth.