Originally Posted by individual

Evelyn saw him glance over his shoulder to someone, or something, before taking her bet. Good. This will be mighty interesting.

But of course, her happy expression fell when he told her what he did to the halfway point. Now she couldn't cheat. Well, at least now she could know if he cheated or not. Although, how was she supposed to know if he somehow jinxed the halfway point to make her thestral trip or become confused, or made it so the bell would go off sooner for him?! This Professor was a sneaky one, and she had to keep all possibilities open. Then again, Professor Morgan seemed to be really protective of her animals and creatures and would surely have his head if he hurt one of the thestrals, husband or not. Unless he blamed it on her...

"Yes, agreed." she said with a slightly nod, although she wasn't going to shake his hand. That was way too close to her personal space and she didn't want Lawsguini germs to be clouding her breathing air either. Too late though. He already scooted his thestral closer to hers.

Smirking at Destiny, having confidence that she would win the race, although slightly nervous too about the possibility of losing, Evelyn cleared her throat and looked back over to Lawson. Well, now here was a problem..."Who's going to count down?"