>>1786258She automatically lost, yes. There are good in-story reasons for that, it's not just writer fiat, but I'll let you figure them out.
>>1786371The difference in tense doesn't matter to me at all, but if it does to you I can change it. I'll take a vote in the new thread to see if a change in tense halfway through would be jarring.
Also, someone should make a new thread.