[ There's nothing in his voice that suggests he actually agrees. There'd been some luck involved in his victory, but it had mostly been the luck of his looks. Most of the rest was skill, and good mentoring, and winning over enough sponsors to stop anyone else getting any.
The odds had been in his favor. Even so, it hadn't been lucky. Not when he hadn't known what victory would cost him. ]
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[ There's nothing in his voice that suggests he actually agrees. There'd been some luck involved in his victory, but it had mostly been the luck of his looks. Most of the rest was skill, and good mentoring, and winning over enough sponsors to stop anyone else getting any.
The odds had been in his favor. Even so, it hadn't been lucky. Not when he hadn't known what victory would cost him. ]
There was some skill involved.