[Well, if the boy says so then far be it for him to deny it. Yet explaining what a "winner" is may prove a bit more complicated.]
["Most times it is good. It means you are very, very good at something. Better than other people. Sometimes being a winner means you get a reward. A treat."]
[Emet-Selch considers for a moment, then lifts a finger above his head. Distant theatre lights flicker, but on the table before them two simple humanoid figures appear, chasing one another down the length of it.]
["Have you ever been in a race? The person who runs fastest is the winner." He points at the shade which has already reached the far edge of the wooden surface.]
["Or played games? Or seen two people fight? The person who is better, stronger than the other person is the winner." Such words are accompanied by other brief visions, of children playing tag and hiding behind trees, of two warriors facing one another in battle, of a victor standing before a crowd with a trophy and flowers and all gathered waving their arms in jubilation.]
["The winner we pick will get to put on more shows here because they are very good at what they do. The winner everyone else picks will get a reward because they are well-liked."]
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["Most times it is good. It means you are very, very good at something. Better than other people. Sometimes being a winner means you get a reward. A treat."]
[Emet-Selch considers for a moment, then lifts a finger above his head. Distant theatre lights flicker, but on the table before them two simple humanoid figures appear, chasing one another down the length of it.]
["Have you ever been in a race? The person who runs fastest is the winner." He points at the shade which has already reached the far edge of the wooden surface.]
["Or played games? Or seen two people fight? The person who is better, stronger than the other person is the winner." Such words are accompanied by other brief visions, of children playing tag and hiding behind trees, of two warriors facing one another in battle, of a victor standing before a crowd with a trophy and flowers and all gathered waving their arms in jubilation.]
["The winner we pick will get to put on more shows here because they are very good at what they do. The winner everyone else picks will get a reward because they are well-liked."]