Gareth agreed to the evening sessions without hesitation.
He did not ask why I wanted them or make any comment about the pace I was setting for myself. He simply looked at me for a moment with those assessing eyes and said, "Sunset. Eastern grounds. Bring your own water." That was the whole conversation.
I told Finn about it the next morning.
He looked at me with an expression that was somewhere between impressed and concerned. "Gareth in the morning and Gareth in the evening," he said. "Your body is going to have opinions about that."
"My body already has opinions about everything," I said. "I have stopped listening to most of them."
He laughed. Then he said, more seriously, "Do you want company for the evening sessions?"
I looked at him. "You do not have to do that."
"I know I do
