[ And not a moment too soon as the participants line up and their leader blows his whistle. The group takes off down the short track before they launch themselves at a rope hanging above a solid wall that they have to climb over. Most of them are doing well with only a couple stragglers in the back and the two that have been betted on right up front.
Cassidy leans back from the fence, knowing they'll have to shift to a new position to see the end of the race. ]
This takes me back. Used to do training like this years ago.
[ Good God, it's been what, twenty years now? He's getting old. He can already feel it in his knees, but this is a stark reminder that as skilled as he is at what he does he's going to start slowing down soon. Unless he ends up getting his knees replaced the way he has his arm, and he's not really into the idea of that. It was hard enough to get used to the phantom pain. ]
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[ And not a moment too soon as the participants line up and their leader blows his whistle. The group takes off down the short track before they launch themselves at a rope hanging above a solid wall that they have to climb over. Most of them are doing well with only a couple stragglers in the back and the two that have been betted on right up front.
Cassidy leans back from the fence, knowing they'll have to shift to a new position to see the end of the race. ]
This takes me back. Used to do training like this years ago.
[ Good God, it's been what, twenty years now? He's getting old. He can already feel it in his knees, but this is a stark reminder that as skilled as he is at what he does he's going to start slowing down soon. Unless he ends up getting his knees replaced the way he has his arm, and he's not really into the idea of that. It was hard enough to get used to the phantom pain. ]