VOTE NEIL

“It’s a fan poll from the book readers,” Kevin says. “It doesn’t mean anything.”“You’re just grumpy because you weren’t even in the tournament,” Nicky says. “Sucks to suck. Should’ve come out on the page.”“It wasn’t relevant to the story,” Kevin says. “And why are you so invested? You got knocked out in round two.”“Duh, I’m a minor character,” Nicky says, rolling his eyes. “Neil is a main character. And Andrew is a love interest. But it’s crazy that they got pitted against each other when there were so many other characters from other popular books. Like, Neil, you beat Gideon Nav!”“I don’t know who that is,” Neil says.“God, you never pay attention to the reader universe,” Nicky says. “Your sentience of your status as a book character is wasted on you.”“The reader universe doesn’t have Exy in it,” Aaron says.