Alejandro’s POVWhen I stepped barefoot onto the training floor, the polished wooden boards reflected the pale light of dawn like liquid amber. Somewhere in the distance, a gong resonated, low, deep, and eternal, vibrating through my chest and stilling my pulse. Before me stood the Eastern master, the man Inferno had spoken of in riddles, the one whose existence blurred the line between myth and memory.Time seemed to slow around him. His eyes held the calm of centuries, his posture so still it felt carved from the essence of discipline itself. He bowed his head slightly, and when he spoke, his voice was soft but carried the weight of a thousand storms. “You have survived the thunder,” he said, his gaze steady. “But surviving is only the beginning. To be whole, your body and spirit must be tempered, through discipline, through control, through the understanding of every breath, every motion, every thought.”I bowed in return, spine straight, chest taut. Beneath my skin, Inferno stir
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