Read the following excerpt from a play: Malcolm: Why did you leave the game in the final quarter?
You knew we couldn't win without you!

George: I had to find Alice. [He shrugs.]I guess friendship
means more to me than winning.
Which statement most accurately describes the message of this passage?
A. It develops an implicit theme about the importance of friendship.
B. It develops an implicit theme about the necessity of competition.
C. It develops an explicit theme about the necessity of competition.
D. It develops an explicit theme about the importance of friendship.