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... ing out beneath him like a chessboard he wasn’t done playing with.

He stared for a long time, jaw flexing slightly as the silence settled thick around him.

"That’s the thing about kids," he muttered, voice low but firm.

"They think it’s all about heart. About moments. They believe if they just play well enough, run hard enough, the world will hand them everything."

He turned from the glass, pacing slowly, controlled—measured.

"They don’t understand the mac ...

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