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The coordination has ended and the results have become official. We have to call our team leaders to find out, but the others are too nervous to do so. I volunteer because there won't be any suspense for me - I screwed up both the theory and experimental examinations, and so even getting an honourable mention is a long shot. Our team leader, on the other hand, is surprised to get the phone call from me of all people. "I'm sorry Tout," he informs me in a puzzled tone of voice, "but you didn't get anything!"