7 and 8's epic battle

Here's a series of panels in which the number 7 and the number 8 are locked in battle. Who will be victorious?

7 and 8 are fighting.
Who wins?
8:me!
7: no, me!

10 appears
10: me!

10:Who will fight me?

7: not me!
8: not me!
7 and 8 run away.

10 removes his costume to reveal he's actually a regular guy.
Guy: that scared them off!

Deus ex machina'd!

I think the guy in the 10 costume just wanted them to stop fighting. Wasn't that a silly trick?

STORY TIME:

When I was about to turn 10, my dad told me I would never actually become 10, because the 1 would fall through the 0's hole and become a nine again.

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