[He tips his head a little at that - if anything, the difficult shot seems to focus him, and not just in a way that constitutes "having something to do"; he's always preferred having to work out things like this, all angles and lines and trajectory, more a formula to be solved than a proper game to be played. It's how he likes it, really; he takes his time looking at it, trying to work out an approach.]
Did you defeat him?
[It's not quite as impressive as Carmen's earlier shot, but he manages to bank the ball twice off the felt, sinking the seven hard into a corner pocket.]
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Did you defeat him?
[It's not quite as impressive as Carmen's earlier shot, but he manages to bank the ball twice off the felt, sinking the seven hard into a corner pocket.]