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BEA BARNHART v SELEANA ZDUNICH
« on: August 30, 2021, 06:13:41 AM »
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Re: BEA BARNHART v SELEANA ZDUNICH
« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2021, 12:26:41 PM »
THIRD TIME IS THE CHARM

Narrator:  Bea Barnhart is ready for her match against Seleana Zdunich at Violent Conduct VII. Bea knows she and Seleana are in this match to prove who should be bumped up in the rankings and who should drop down in the rankings and and have to work their way back up again.

When the scene switches we get a shot of Bea Barnhart in her hotel room near the Sullivan Arena in Anchorage, Alaska. Her husband, Bill Barnhart, and their English Bulldog Iris, are not seen so we make the assumption they are out and about so they don’t interfere with her presentation for her match. The camera person informs Bea they are live broadcasting and she jumps into her comments.

THIRD TIME IS THE CHARM

Bea:  Seleana we have a match at Violent Conduct VII where the winner moves up in the rankings and the loser drops down in the rankings to work their way back up again.

Bea holds one finger up.

Bea:  Seleana please allow me to give the viewers the history between us. Our first match was on March 1, 2020, at Climax Control 261. That was my fifth match as a wrestler so I was a raw green rookie at that time. You won that match by pinfall which was pretty much expected as I was a rookie going up against a seasoned veteran. However I gave you a tough time and I know you realized that one day I would surpass you in the rankings.

Bea holds up two fingers this time.

Bea:  The second match we had was on November 8, 2020, at Climax Control 285. You won that match, also by pinfall, but I gave you a hell of a fight due to having gained more experience going into that match. Everyone, especially you Seleana, need to remember I started my wrestling career on January 5, 2020, and our match on March 1, 2020, was only my fifth match in the sport of wrestling. Our second match came on November 8, 2020, and that was nine months after I started my career in the wrestling ring. But you also have to remember that was my twentieth match in the ring. Yes I had a hell of a lot more experience on November 8, 2020, than I did on March 1, 2020, but at that time you still had more experience and you were able to win that match also.

Bea holds three fingers up this time.

Bea:  The saying goes THE THIRD TIME IS THE CHARM and I’ll prove this saying to be true when I defeat you and move up in the rankings while you’re sent down the greased slide to the bottom of the rankings where you hope you can climb your way back up to a respectable ranking position and into contention once again. Doubt me if you want to but when our match is over and my hand is raised in victory you’ll become a believer in me.

PRIOR HISTORY DOESN’T ENSURE A VICTORY

Bea:  I know what you’re thinking Seleana. You think because you defeated me twice that you can do it again. Yeah a lot of wrestlers have tried to use that logic and it failed them. Not sure why you think it will not fail you when it failed all the other wrestlers who tried to manipulate how fate works. You’re welcome to take me lightly if you want. You’re welcome to be over-confident and lose the match if you want. You’re welcome to take a dive down the ladder of disgrace while I gracefully climb the ladder of success and rise up in the rankings. Just be sure you go into this match believing you’ll be the loser because I’m coming into our match knowing I’m going to be the winner.

Bea snaps her fingers in front of the camera.

SAME AS OTHER WRESTLERS BUT DIFFERENT

Bea:  Did you hear that SNAP Seleana? That was the snap of my fingers toward the camera to snap you out of your fantasy world. However during our match when you hear snaps it will likely be your fingers breaking, or me pulling a maneuver or hold on you that might snap your arm or leg. No I’m not coming into our match to hurt you but if you take the match to that level I’ll not hesitate to inflict major damage. With that out of the way there’s something else I want to say. I want you to understand where I’m coming from compared to the majority of wrestlers in Sin City Wrestling. I get disrespected all the time by the other wrestlers but I know that’s a result of them being jealous of me. They know I’m improving in my wrestling while they are declining in their wrestling. They know they cannot take me on and defeat me. So their only means of attack is to try to discredit me to attempt to take away the negative attention they’re getting from the fans and other wrestlers. You all can be like that if you want because I understand jealousy is an evil task master and if you want to be under control of jealousy I can’t talk you out of it. Nice to know I have so many jealous followers.

Bea gives a stern look into the camera.

Bea:  Here’s an example of what other wrestlers do to try to discredit me. They don’t like the fact that I deliver facts, truth, and honesty, while they spew forth false information, lies, and bullshit. Want to know something? I don’t normally get in front of the camera and talk about basic shit that happens in my life. I don’t talk to people and try to get them to know who my extended family consists of. All I need to tell people is that Bill Barnhart is my husband and Iris is our English Bulldog and we live in Lawrenceville, Georgia. If I wasted half my air time talking nonsense then that makes me a nonsense person. I am now, and will always be, a no-nonsense person. Yes, occasionally, I’ll take the viewers back to a time when I had to deal with a situation that is similar to the one I’m getting from my current opponent. However when I do that it isn’t done to bore you to tears with nonsense information like the majority of wrestlers do. My intent is to show everyone how I dealt with a difficult situation back then and how dealing with that situation allows me to deal with the current match at hand. Now if the style of my presentation doesn’t meet your so-called way of doing things then you can f*** the hell off, shut your damn mouth, then turn around and walk away, keeping silent as you walk away.

Bea informs the camera person that she will make her final comments then they can cut their camera feed.

Bea:  Seleana you can come into our match with a huge attitude, tons of arrogance, and a smart mouth, but when I soundly defeat you in our match you will leave the ring with no attitude, no arrogance, and a bloody mouth. I’m not taking crap from anyone again and you’ll be the recipient of my not taking crap any longer. You need to remember that your past experience against a wrestler is not a guarantee of a victory. See you at Violent Conduct VII.

After Bea has delivered her final comments the camera person cuts their camera feed and our screen goes dark.


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Re: BEA BARNHART v SELEANA ZDUNICH
« Reply #2 on: September 04, 2021, 11:26:56 PM »
Off-Camera

Saturday, September 4, 2021
Parking Lot
Zdunich Residence
Las Vegas, Nevada
8:01 AM  PST



Seleana Zdunich nods to her sister, Zenna Zdunich, and Alex “Bullet” Carbajal as the two women walk towards her. Both had been forced to evacuate from New Orleans before Hurricane Ida made landfall. Many of Seleana’s family had flown up with the Shieldmaidens MC, of which Bullet serves as President in the New Orleans Charter.

Seleana Zdunich: Things are good, ja?

Zenna shrugs as she walks over.

Zenna Zdunich: As good as they can, ja.

Bullet shrugs.

Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: We are alive, the alternative would be considerably worse.

Seleana nods, smiling as Zenna and Bullet get right.

Seleana Zdunich: You are better then?

Zenna nods to her sister.

Zenna Zdunich: Ja, if we had a company that would allow us to work as a team again, I would be ready to make my return. But with SRW’s current policy and Hybrid, WWA and WWR being closed…

Seleana nods sadly.

Seleana Zdunich: Ja, I would be keen.

Zenna Zdunich: Jävla Covenant!

Bullet nods understandingly.

Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: We ended them.

Seleana and Zenna both nod gratefully.

Seleana Zdunich: Ja, Halo kept us knowing. We watched as you fought them and we are grateful, ja?

Zenna nods.

Zenna Zdunich: You did well by us.

Bullet bows her head respectfully.

Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: It was the least we could, especially after Jackson.

Zenna nods again.

Zenna Zdunich: Ja, thank you for your help with Jenni. She is not doing well.

Seleana frowns hard.

Seleana Zdunich: How bad is it?

Zenna sighs heavily.

Zenna Zdunich: They were together for almost ten years’ time. It is cutting her deeply, she is absolutely gutted. I am surprised she has not taken to self-medicating yet.

Bullet nods her agreement.

Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: As am I. She seemed on the verge before family stepped in to stop it.

Seleana shakes her head and then nods towards the door of the building.

Seleana Zdunich: Come, we should not continue outside with private business.

Zenna and Bullet nod and follow her inside the apartment.

Seleana Zdunich: This has served us well. Christina got it when she started working at the casino and we were able to share it when necessary with Aurora for her treatment. Now Freja’s girlfriend lives here in the building as well and it is awesome having her around. Sofia and Brayden live nearby as well…

As they walk inside, ten-year-old Aurora is seen tapping her foot, obviously waiting for them to come back inside.

Aurora Zdunich: Took you long enough, Mommy!

Seleana smiles, Zenna and Bullet both doing the same behind her.

Seleana Zdunich: Ja, we were talking some.

Aurora nods and walks right up to Bullet.

Aurora Zdunich: You were mean to my Mommy!

Bullet nods to her.

Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: I cannot deny this, Pequeña. Things get said when matches are set to happen.

Aurora nods, looking up at Bullet.

Aurora Zdunich: You sound like Sofia…

Bullet smiles.

Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: I am from Colombia as well.

Aurora frowns.

Aurora Zdunich: You are?

Bullet nods.

Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Si.

Aurora Zdunich: Where?

Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: Medellín.

Aurora just looks at her.

Aurora Zdunich: Is that near Bogota?

Bullet smiles.

Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: It is the same country but many hours apart.

Aurora Zdunich: How many?

Bullet shrugs.

Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: It depends on which road you take.  One way it is eight. Another is nine. The third is closer to ten.

Aurora’s eyes go wide.

Aurora Zdunich: That’s far!

Bullet nods.

Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: It is.

Suddenly a voice comes from the other side of the room.

Voice: ¡Prima!

Bullet can't help but smile as everyone turns to see Sofia Rojas-Hilton standing there.

Alex "Bullet" Carbajal: ¿Quiubo, Parce?

Seleana grins in kind.

Seleana Zdunich: I love having family here so much!

The women walk in and sit down together on the couch to talk while Aurora sits herself down to play one of her games.




On-Camera

Saturday, September 4, 2021
Parking Lot
Zdunich Residence
Las Vegas, Nevada
7:00 PM  PDT



The camera opens upon Seleana Zdunich standing in a now familiar parking lot as she looks out at the famous Las Vegas Strip.

Seleana Zdunich: It never gets old, looking out at the lights.  It is too awesome!

She nods and turns to face the camera.

Seleana Zdunich: Next week, we will be in Alaska for Violent Conduct VII and I look at Bea Barnhart and wonder…

Nodding to herself, she glances back to the lights and just takes them in. She takes the sights in for what seems like years and then turns back to the camera.

Seleana Zdunich: I wonder why we are fighting aside from we have never crossed paths before…

As she pauses, she waves her hand dismissively.

Seleana Zdunich: I suppose it does not matter why we are paired off apart from it is what has been placed before both of us and now we must deal with this as it comes.

Seleana sighs, looking down to the ground and kicking at something on the pavement. She gives whatever it is a good brisk swat with her shoe and then returns her gaze to the camera once again. . 

Seleana Zdunich: Bea, I have never understood you at all when it comes to how you do things. You act as if nothing should be held against you and then commit acts that guarantee the opposite. You talk out both sides of your mouth, making hens out of feathers like and taking water over your head before whining about being wet.

She nods pointedly to the camera.

Seleana Zdunich: That is no one’s fault but yours and I know the irony of me saying that when I am married to someone that many others have said the same about and to for years.

A hand raises and Seleana shakes her head. 

Seleana Zdunich: However, this is not about Christina, it is about you. Christina can at least do things on her own. She does not constantly depend on someone else for things to happen. She can be the engine that drives the vehicle while you…

A look of disgust washes over her face.

Seleana Zdunich: You seem to almost revel in allowing Bill to drive whatever you do, including when it should have nothing to do with him.

Shaking her head, Seleana’s disgust only grows.

Seleana Zdunich: I have spent years here attempting to throw off the idea that I am nothing without my wife and that I am nothing if she is not the point of things but you…

She wags a finger at the camera as if Bea is standing right in front of her.

Seleana Zdunich: You all but prance about with it as a badge upon your shirt, like you honestly believe that you can do anything you want and if it goes bad, you can use Bill as a shield to deflect criticism away from yourself because it really was his idea on some level.

Looking as if she wants to vomit, Seleana turns away to the right.

Seleana Zdunich: How awesome for you, ja?

Seleana’s head snaps back to glare into the camera like it was on a string that suddenly was yanked by somebody off camera.

Seleana Zdunich: If nothing else, this would mean I should wish to see you knocked down. I should be excited to compete against another who has a championship pedigree to her name and is as physically gifted as you are and yet…

The glare intensifies.

Seleana Zdunich: I am keen for this fight for an entirely different reason than simple competition. I am keen to knock the satisfaction out of you.

The shot zooms in closer on her.

Seleana Zdunich: No one should be as happy to not be their own person as you are! You could so easily set yourself up as something so much more and yet you cannot be bothered to put in the effort to get there. In the face of all that I have to do, in the face of all that my wife and my daughters-in-law have to do, I find this offensive and something to be rid from this world! 

She nods pointedly.

Seleana Zdunich: I will enjoy beating the satisfaction out of you, Bea. I will enjoy seeing it leave you and I will enjoy watching you try to come up with an excuse that is not completely worthless!

The camera zooms back out as the glare becomes red hot.

Seleana Zdunich: Välkommen till djungeln!  It is time for you to feel my claws!




   





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Re: BEA BARNHART v SELEANA ZDUNICH
« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2021, 10:37:25 AM »
I’M MOVING UP IN THE RANKINGS WHILE SELEANA IS MOVING DOWN

Narrator:  I had a talk with Bea and I can tell you how positive she is that she will defeat Seleana Zdnuich at Violent Conduct VII. Seleana needs to be at 100 percent because if she comes to the match at 99 percent or less the match will be over quickly with Bea’s hand raised in victory.

The scene switches to a broadcast studio where we see Bea Barnhart standing in front of a graphic on the wall. Although she’s performing on the Violent Conduct VII event as a wrestler she is casually dressed today in light colored blue jeans, a white blouse, and white athletic shoes.

MOVING UP WHILE SELEANA WILL BE MOVING DOWN

Bea:  Thanks for joining me today. I’m in the broadcast studio located inside the Sullivan Arena. On the wall you see a graphic and I’m here to explain the graphic and how it relates to me, Seleana, and other wrestlers in Sin City Wrestling.

Bea picks up a pointer and walks over to the graphic on the wall.

Bea:  At the bottom of the graphic you see people who are classified as poor, weak, peasants, the working class, who try to improve their status in life as they struggle to rise from the bottom to the top. At the top you see people who are classified as rich, powerful, and business owners. In the middle you see people who were once at the bottom who are making their way to the top and others who were once at the top and are now falling on their way down to the bottom. You already know where I’m going with this. Yes I’m in the middle of the chart moving my way to up to the top. Seleana is also in the middle of the chart but she’s on her way down to the bottom.

Bea pauses her comments for a moment.

Bea:  If I could see the faces of the viewers, especially your face Seleana, I’m sure I’d see confused people. Not a problem. I’m here to enlighten and un-confuse you. Most people start at the bottom of the success ladder and desperately try to work their way up to the top. They have to fight hard to move up but the fight is worth it. . .if they make it. Those at the top, who never had to fight to get to the top since they were born into rich families that owned businesses, money, and homes where people live, are seen taking a fall from the top. Their problem is that they never had to fight for what they have. Their rich family just handed them stuff they never had to work for so they didn’t appreciate it. Damn hard to appreciate something you never had to work hard to achieve.

Bea moves her pointer from the top of the chart to the bottom to indicate the fall of the privileged few who had everything handed to them without having to work for it and now they fall because of lack of appreciation. Bea winks into the camera.

Bea:  Seleana why am I telling you this information? It is extremely easy to understand if you had a brain that worked. I started out on the bottom here in Sin City Wrestling. I didn’t come from a wrestling family that has been in the sport of wrestling for generations. I came from a humble beginning in the Philippines and only started my wrestling career a year and a half ago. I started out down at the bottom and today I place myself at the halfway point up to the top of the success chart. From what I’ve heard you got too much help in your wrestling career and got pushed to the top too quickly. Now you’re falling to the bottom because you didn’t have to work hard to obtain what you had and you appear to be having a difficult time understanding your fall. However once a person who never had to work hard to get to the top, or near the top, unless they work hard to retain what they have they start dropping down in status. Yes, Seleana, that’s what happened to you.

Bea pauses her comments to give a shocked look into the camera.

Bea:  The reason I gave that shocked look into the camera is because you remind me of all the mean girls I had to deal with growing up. You’re exactly like them. What they did was get in my face, hurl stupid and moronic insults, then act tough by calling me out and demanding I meet them under the bleachers at the school to fight them. When I showed up at the bleachers it was the same story over and over and over again. I would show up by myself and the moronic mean girl, who could talk shit but not back it up herself, would have a half dozen of her friends by her side so she could have them help her beat me down. I called her out for being the coward due to having to have six of her friends standing by her side because she knew she couldn’t take me on, one-on-one, and defeat me. I heard every ignorant threat and challenge in the book. I laughed at how pathetic she and her friends were. She, and everyone else, knew that if we could have had a one-on-one fight she would lose big time. That’s exactly what you are Seleana. You talk shit but you seem to be afraid to take me on, one-on-one, and prove that to the world that you can do it. I’m aware that you have friends and family standing by in case you need help in defeating me in our match. You can do that if you want to prove to the world that me calling you out as a coward was the truth. If anyone approaches the ring to try to help you screw me out of my win you, and those perpetrating the interference, will be dealt with harshly. You have been warned so if you still want to play the role of the stupid moronic mean girl then please go for it.

Bea gives a serious look into the camera.

Bea: Well, Seleana, I now have to drag you into the Bea Barnhart School of Hard Knocks and blow away your attitude where you think you’re better than everyone else. While you have low-mentality people out there who buy into your bragging you have people like me who research information being presented to see if it is true of if it is bullshit. I see it like this Seleana. You try to get everyone to believe you’re the best wrestler in Sin City Wrestling and that you cannot be defeated. Well you did hold two championships, that I know of, so I’ll discuss those so that people who believed your lies will now believe the truth.

Bea holds up one finger into the camera.

Bea:  Your first Championship in Sin City Wrestling, that I was able to find, was the World Bombshell Championship. You defeated Alicia Lukas on February 24, 2019, and then you lost the World Bombshell Championship back to Alicia Lukas a mere two weeks later. What the f***???

Bea now holds up two fingers into the camera.

Bea:  Then I found that you obtained your second Championship in Sin City Wrestling, which was the Roulette Championship, when you defeated Violet Amelia Holt on June 21, 2020, then you lost it to Johanna Krieger about three months later. I’ll give you credit for holding the Roulette Championship for three months but the fact remains it was a short run.

Bea now makes a zero sign with hand.

Bea:  Seleana you’re quickly dropping from the top of the success chart while I’m quickly rising in success. The reason you’re falling down the success chart is because people gave you the push when you didn’t earn it and didn’t deserve it. Recently you’ve been quickly dropping in fan support, and in performance in the ring, and you’re on your way down to the bottom. On my side I’ve continued to improve my wrestling abilities and I went from the bottom of the chart to the midpoint and my defeat of you in our upcoming match will send me to the top. Although we’re meeting in the middle of the success chart for this upcoming match, where Management wants to see which one of us has what it takes to get the push to the top, and which one of us gets kicked down to the bottom, remember that while I’m on my way up the ladder of success you’re dropping down the ladder of success toward the bottom. Have an enjoyable, and incredibly fast, slide to oblivion, Seleana, because I’m damn sure enjoying my climb to stardom.

Bea informs the camera person she is done with her comments and the camera person calls into the Network and the Network returns to regularly scheduled programming.



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Re: BEA BARNHART v SELEANA ZDUNICH
« Reply #4 on: September 10, 2021, 11:40:19 PM »
Off-Camera

Friday, September 10, 2021
Office of Seleana Zdunich
Zdunich Zoological Gardens
Los Angeles, California
?:?? ?M  PST



Seleana Zdunich was spending the day with her daughter, Aurora, as a special Mommy/Daughter day. They had started out going out to pick up Aurora’s favorites at a local hole-in-the-wall eatery called “Gordo’s” and then taken it to a park she particularly enjoyed to eat their food together. They had spent two hours there in the park and then headed to a movie. At the conclusion of the movie, they had headed to the Zdunich Zoological Gardens so that Aurora could spent some time watching the tigers at play. As Aurora watches the two big cats playing with giant balls, Seleana cannot help but smile. 

Seleana Zdunich: It has been a long time, ja?

Aurora nods happily.

Aurora Zdunich: Thank you for this, Mummy!

Seleana shrugs.

Seleana Zdunich: I know how you love watching Shera and Rani.

Aurora nods.

Aurora Zdunich: Almost as much as you like playing with Sarabi?

Snickering, Seleana shrugs.

Seleana Zdunich: I do not know if that is true but I do love my Sarabi, ja. 

Aurora nods happily.

Aurora Zdunich: Did you really have her when she was little?

Seleana nods.

Seleana Zdunich: She was only two pounds when we first were brought her. Her mother had been caught in a trap and so she was alone. She was so small…

Seleana motions with her hands and Aurora can’t believe her eyes.

Aurora Zdunich: She’s so big now, she was really that small? 

Seleana nods again knowingly.

Seleana Zdunich: Ja, she was tiny. I had to hand feed her to get her to accept at first. She was not so keen for the bottles but she learn to accept.

Aurora just stares at her adoptive mother in awe.

Aurora Zdunich: How did she do that?

Seleana smiles.

Seleana Zdunich: She grow to trust me and then she learn bottle mean food. I play with her, I bathe her, I feed her. I do everything for her.

Aurora smiles.

Aurora Zdunich: You were her Mummy!

Seleana nods.

Seleana Zdunich: Ja, I am.

Aurora looks out at the tigers and giggles.

Aurora Zdunich: I get to tell people not to mess with me or my sister will eat you!

Seleana nods.

Aurora looks back out to the tigers.

Aurora Zdunich: How do you think Sunday will got for you and Mommy?

Seleana frowns at the sudden change in topics.

Seleana Zdunich: The pay-per-view?

Aurora nods.

Aurora Zdunich: Mommy has that tag team match with that big lady and Mister Meanie and you have one too!

Seleana nods.

Seleana Zdunich: Ja, I faded that team myself as well. It was not fun standing in thee with Tempest. She is powerful and hits hard.

Aurora grins.

Aurora Zdunich: Mommy can hang with her just like you did!

Seleana grins at her daughter’s enthusiasm and faith.

Seleana Zdunich: Ja, she can. Christina can do anything, she has proven this many time before. She can find ways to get around Tempest’s size and strength if she sets her mind to things. She has always been capable, it is simply a question of Christina deciding she is capable as well.

Aurora frowns in confusion.

Aurora Zdunich: What do you mean?

Seleana nods pointedly to the ten-year-old.

Seleana Zdunich: Mommy’s only problem is that she can be her own worst enemy…

Pointing to her head, Seleana nods again and Aurora nods back in response.

Seleana Zdunich: Mommy can sometimes get in her own way. She gets inside her own head too much and overthinks things. She gets herself all worked up and all mixed up and when she does this, bad things can happen. She knows she does it as well so that makes it twice as bad sometimes because then she feels guilt and berates herself for it. It is a vicious cycle for her, one she needs to learn how not to ride so much.

Aurora nods.

Aurora Zdunich: So what about your match with Bea Barnhart.

Seleana shrugs.

Seleana Zdunich: I think Bea Barnhart is a lot like Mommy that way. She has shown she is capable. She has won a championship and proven she is not what many others dismiss her as. She just…

Exhaling heavily, Seleana nods to herself.

Seleana Zdunich: She allows herself to be subjugated. She falls in line behind Bill and allows him to be the leader. I do not know if she thinks herself unable to do things by herself or if she simply enjoys the role with Bill.

Aurora again frowns in confusion.

Aurora Zdunich: Why would she enjoy that?

Seleana shrugs.

Seleana Zdunich: Some people take comfort in not making decisions. They feel less pressure to perform if it was not their plan or idea. They know if it does not work, they will likely not be blamed because it was someone else’s choice. They enjoy not feeling the weight of those choices being placed on them. They enjoy not having to worry about whether an idea will work and how they will look for it afterwards.

Aurora Zdunich: That sounds silly.

Seleana shrugs.

Seleana Zdunich: Some people are paralyzed by anxiety. Others need the helping hand because they have other problems. We should not judge them for it as sometimes it is a burden they have no control over. We can only offer them a helping hand and hope both that they are able to accept and that we are able to offer them true assistance.

She nods outside.

Seleana Zdunich: Like Shera and Rani. They were both in need of assistance the same way Sarabi was. They had no one. They had been abandoned and left with nothing and we were able to give them that hand up that they needed. That is why you should not look down on somebody for being in a hole. Many are in holes they had no hand in digging and were either born there or fell in because it opened up and swallowed them without warning. Even those that did have a hand in digging the hole deserve a helping hand. We do not know how they got into the hole, just that they are there.

Aurora beams.

Aurora Zdunich: I like helping!

Seleana smiles in kind.

Seleana Zdunich: I am glad for this. I do not know which Bea is, but I know she will attempt to put me into a hole as well. It is the nature of competition. We will see which Bea shows up.  The one capable of fighting as well as anyone else on the roster, or the one who simply wishes to blend in behind Bill.

Aurora slaps the wall.

Aurora Zdunich: I can’t wait to see you get in there, Mummy!

Seleana stands up from her chair and walks over, hugging her daughter lovingly.

Seleana Zdunich: We will do well, ja?

Aurora giggles.

Aurora Zdunich: Ja!