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"The sequence breaks down when you're scared of it. It comes back when you stop being scared of it. That's not an opinion. That's just how it works."
Jade looked at her in the mirror.
"You're not going to fall," Ava said. "And if you do, you get up and you run it again, and the falling becomes part of how you learn not to fall. That's the whole process."
A pause.
"Okay," Jade said quietly.
"From the top."
Jade ran the sequence again.
It was cleaner. Not perfect, but noticeably cleaner, the hesitation on the count smoothed out by something that looked like the specific relief of a person who had been given permission to trust themselves.