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As the days passed by in the confined monotony of their moving prison, Csoda became physically stronger. Biro was determined to fulfill his promise to make sure Csoda survived and the strong man became a focused, and somewhat ruthless, physical coach. He started with bending and stretching Csoda's legs and arms back and forth manually so they did not fail him from disuse. Then he was determined to get Csoda to stand and move about on his own.
Depression weighed heavily on Csoda and while he was heartened from meeting Biro, he was not overly eager to participate in his own physical rehabilitation. He felt pain in ways he could never have imagined possible and every waking moment plagued him with a yearning to give up. It was as if a weighted smoky fog had settled in his heart and in his
