"It does tend to blend together after a while," she agreed.

"It usually works. Well, until I die of course, but mostly that only happens when I stop hiding." Momoko considered this, and amended, "Except for the time I was killed while hiding, but of you can't hide from nature." Or Gamemakers.

"The problem is," she went on, taking on her favorite lecturing tone, "once you've let the others fight it out and kill each other, you're left with the people who were either hiding as well, and so are at least as smart as you, or the ones who fought and survived, which means they're almost definitely stronger."