Into The Fray
" Flora, you sure you are ready for this?" Coach Ramirez's low voice boomed across the training field as she stepped onto the hot sun- drenched lawn, her eyes fixed out toward the horizon.
" I am ready," Flora replied forcefully, her voice steady indeed though her body was tired to the bone." I have come too far to turn back now."
" Every day then's a struggle," intruded Sergeant Morales, clapping her on the shoulder." This is n't training it's surviving. Can you survive?"
Flora squared her shoulders." I can, Morales. I have learned that pain is just another schoolteacher. And I am then to learn."
When the drill began, Flora moved among the other rookies, her voice furnishing stimulant when one of them faltered." Keep it up, Carlos! You are stronger than you suppose."
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