The one who believed in Gall

… and the one who refused to accept it! Upset at being outpaced by his teammate Sir Lewis, Nico Dix-Langues quickly accused him of deliberately holding back, thereby risking being seen as a sly fox in the eyes of Formula Oat.

Godefroy de Taffin, who oversees Taïaut's horses, expressed his deep disappointment after the first parades of the stables that took charge of his six grooms.

The Count of Moncet, speaking from the distant eastern fiefdoms of the Han, said that Nico-Ten-Tongues' pride had once again been shattered by the talent of another, and that Taïaut's failures had left them speechless and three times weaker. Nico-Ten-Tongues retorted, “Remove that skating Englishman and let the Kaiser survive at my pace. He's doing it on purpose! I can read it in his expression, he's plotting secretly against me.” Sir Lewis replied, “Adorable Nico, if you didn't want to bear with my reign and power, all you had to do was claim pole position on Saturday. Reflect on your failure and bear your pain with patience. Resentment, bitterness, rancor, and sourness now overwhelm you, but you never admit that Lewis is stronger, that I am superior. Why cling to the hope of escape? Can't you see that in the coming months, thanks to the abbess, an Englishman will become king and a little German will end up an indigent jester, annoying with his whining or amusing with his cries?”

Nico-Ten-Tongues replied, “The race has become corrosive, but I couldn't take that risk. Any attempt to overtake Lewis would be met with a quick death under Pilori's hooves.” Archbishop Dietrich demanded, “Summon Taffin! Losing two chariots here, compromising future parades, is infamous, abject, revolting, and shameful! I await his apology.” Godefroy de Taffin pleaded, “Your Grace, I beg you to temper your anger. I can tell you right now that we have already overtaken a powerful rival that success beckons.”

Archbishop Dietrich insisted: “Who is this champion you have reduced to following our every move? Is it Merci l'Abbesse? Or Fer Effaré? Will they both soon be humiliated?” Godefroy de Taffin replied joyfully: “It is Nippon Huedada.”