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like... you’re probably one of the ones who knows that the race is rigged and you’re ready to just stick behind the ones who are supposed to win this race so that your sponsors get paid

and then Speed Racer (legally) joins the race

and Royalton puts a million-dollar bounty on his head

he even says he’d prefer it if the kid didn’t make it out of the locker room

you’ve heard rumours about how he and his family fought off a ninja at Casa Cristo though so you decide not to try

that, and the kid’s eighteen. EIGHTEEN.

why would you put a bounty on someone so young?

the race starts and you’re not the one who attempts to false-start him, but you see him make a recovery and soon he’s racing against Royalton Industries’ car

you see briefly the spearhook jump and the RI car’s driver get Kwik-Saved, but you don’t see the kid eject

his car’s down, though, and you pity him

he was just trying to race, after all, even if he’s just exposed Royalton for his dirty tricks and destroyed Cannonball’s career

however, a few minutes later, your mechanics swear loudly over the radio

you ask them what they’re yelling about

they tell you that Speed Racer just kick-started his engine and is racing as if his life depends on it

you laugh at them

the kid got spearhooked, there’s no way he could’ve recovered

you realise a few moments later how wrong you are, when the Mach 6 literally FLIES over you on the almost-90-degree-drop

he ends up winning the race, because of course he does, and sends Royalton to jail with his win (and the ensuing investigation, indicting and imprisonment, but that’s not important)

you watch the race recording later on and see the exact moment that the kid changed everything, as his engine jumps back into life and he starts gliding

not driving, gliding, as if he is painting a MASTERPIECE

you testify against Royalton for the bounty he put on the kid’s head, but do so anonymously - the one who ends up testifying publicly is big enough to sentence him, since he is Taejo Togokahn of Togokahn Motors and his team (which, you realise, also had Speed Racer) won the Crucible

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Blur between daydreams and awakening
 Loss of control and perpetual Sense that luck and light are fading No more ruminating Shake the strife off your life or keep on waiting That's my situation Can't escape 'cause to run is degradation No expectations Still I fight to bite temptation Got to be brave as I unenclave Find the prize is my fixation, I'm  Still holding onto my pride, Oh
 Is this the shine of a wine-toasted victory Or is it just a sad bitter sigh of defeat? I'll take it either way. 
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