Scratch already knew that the chance the ordeal wouldn't end in death was close to zero. The odds were stacked against them, just as the Warden liked it. He would have preferred that the one to die would be someone other than Nonon, but it sure as hell wasn't going to be him.

"Make me proud, Jakuzure. What year was the first instant ramen noodle invented?" It was pretty useless trivia but maybe this was something all little Japanese girls knew.