Well, sure, but not everything needs to be efficient. This entire situation is a lot more complicated than picking a team and winning a prize, so we should be thankful things meander along slowly enough to give us time to put the pieces together.

[ ensuring humanity's future is his only purpose, but figuring out how is hard to do when the Oracles look a lot like the kind of thing he's typically summoned to deal with. in the meantime, eating fancy cheeses brings him no closer to an answer, but it's still nice. ]

Someone who's been here longer could probably tell you more, but from what I understand, Meridian has won twice and is currently in the lead. You'd expect that people would be really happy with him in that case, but you can see for yourself that they're not really feeling it.

His family has been attached to Springstar for generations, so you could say he was basically groomed for this job. They're winning, people are celebrating, and your entire life has been devoted to the cause...

[ ryouma looks to flat again now that he's laid it all out, hoping the additional background will help patch up the gaps. ]

Anyone would be disappointed. He's handling it gracefully enough to not be angry.