Natural Advantage (ShawRocketPrize)

"In the first place, they come into the world more like parcels than human beings. A business transaction, carried out with perfect efficiency, in which a crying bundle arrives on a doorstep at precisely six o'clock in the morning. This child is then raised by the customers, who instill in it all the strength they can before it has reached the optimal age of eighteen- the competition year. Then, the child is sent off with all the others in its year to the competition- but, unlike all those unfortunate souls who didn't go into business with me-" his smile widened at that, too-white teeth glinting. "This child has an advantage. An in-built, genetic advantage that ensures victory."