The Vain, Scorned and Vengeful

The entire "media training" experience with Allan felt extremely redundant given his knowledge, but Kieran couldn't slip past it without having Allan groan and complain for hours on end. 

To save himself the headache, Kieran chose to relent and seem as genuine as possible while answering and "internalizing" Allan's suggestions.

"Great. Great! You did excellently," Allan clapped merrily, wiping the tears away from his reddened eyes. 

Kieran performed a noncommittal gesture, wafting his hand through the air. 

"Generally, you'd think they give you an early morning window to conduct an interview, but nope. You, sir… are shockingly the 10 o'clock special. I guess the news station understands what we call gamer hours," Allan humorously inputted.

"That's ideal, I guess. Not everyone is willing to devote all their time to Zenith Online. This includes some professional players," Kieran said.