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Anon:
Thanks for having me.
Mac:
Well, you’re the one risking your position at the race to speak to us. Hopefully you’ve been able to hide from watching eyes.
Anon:
You understand if I have to hang up quickly.
Mac:
No problem. Let’s not waste any more time. It’s been quite an eventful twenty-four hours to say the least. Drug test fails. Injuries. Dropouts. The sandstorm of the century … And now what’s this we hear about Nabil? Social media is all in a tizz about this. We were following his dot; he was with the front runners as expected. He hit the dunes and then … what happened? The official feed is being very quiet about this.
Anon:
[nondescript sounds]
Mac:
Sorry, Anon, we can’t hear you.
Anon:
My fault. Had to move as someone was coming. Look, as far as I know, Nabil collapsed and his emergency beacon was activated. The doctors arrived as quickly as they could.
Mac: