Sometimes it’s just hard to believe Mark Trail almost talks sense; even when it is right in front of us! No hysterics and no theatrics, he even sounds all grown up. On the other hand, Tad Crass makes little sense. In panel 1, Tad suggests that he created the Woodsman Olympics to distract Mark from his land scheme. Why does this make no sense? All he had to do was not invite Mark in the first place! But it’s like those early James Bond movies where the villain brings Bond into his lair and reveals his secret plans before trying to kill him. Tad wants to be the one opponent to beat Mark Trail.

Well, that “distracting whomever” bit (panel 3) may be a stretch, if that is what Crass calls influencing the city council. So we see in panel 4 that Mark finally delivers the obvious question that we’ve been harping on all this time. What will Tad have to say in response?

It makes me wonder:  Could there be something else hitherto unrevealed? Is there something underground, perhaps, that Tad really wants to get his hands on (e.g. rare earths)? Thus, the stadium would be the distraction for the City Council to focus on. Could Tad Crass really be that clever? I shudder to think.