Sylvie POV His eyes flicked to me. “He talks too much,” he grumbled slightly. That made me almost smile. I opened my notebook again. “Alright,” I exhaled. “Let’s start.” He nodded. I began with the basics. “Tell me about your current form this season. How do you feel physically and mentally going into this phase?” Mason leaned back slightly against the boards, his arms loosely folded. “I’m fine physically,” he murmured. “Mentally… I focus on what I need to do.” “Not what’s happening around you?” His jaw tightened slightly, but his voice stayed even. “No.” I wrote that down. “You’re the team captain. How do you handle pressure from leadership expectations?” He exhaled slowly through his nose. “Pressure doesn’t change anything,” he said. “It just exposes people faster.” That ans

