Astrid"You're not focused, Astrid," Darson called out from the bench at the gym entrance after I missed another punch. I retracted back from the dummy. I rubbed my temple and watched as he stood up from the bench and walked towards me."You have competitions you must take in a few weeks or maybe months, and You're not being serious. You have lost your focus."He stood behind the black dummy. His elbow is resting on his left shoulder. He stared down at me like he wanted me to give him an explanation of why I had suddenly lost focus.I avoided his gaze and looked down at the floor beneath my feet like it was going to give the explanation he wanted."You wouldn't stare here all day, beating the dummy. You have a real task ahead, and we can't do that if you can't get past this one."He flipped the head of the dummy. It bounced back and forth before going back to its original state."I'm sorry," I mumbled under my breath, wishing that I could explain to him what was going on, except
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