His friends faces dropped. They looked puzzled.
‘You’re not giving up are you?’ said Tom.
‘No. I’m gonna be World Champion,’ declared Zak.
A few moments passed, while Zak let everyone digest his statement.
‘Oh that,’ said Tom. ‘Yeah it’s funny, lots of people say that after their first go on True-To-Life. It must be the emotion.’
‘Huh?’ said Zak.
‘But that’s the right attitude anyway,’ said Tom. ‘Unlike most people, you do have a chance.’
‘Good,’ said Zak with relief. ‘I’m not going to tell my family though. That’s the last thing they want to hear. Trouble is, they’ll keep an eye on me now, so sooner or later there’s gonna be a big fall out. But what can they do? As long as I’m on this planet I can hook in somehow.’
He shook his head.
‘No. They’ll never stop me.’
