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As the new training week rolled by, the ninety-two remaining trainees worked themselves to the bone. Every day blurred into the next—sweat, music, aching muscles, and the constant pressure of getting just a little bit better than yesterday. They soaked up every class like sponges starving for water.
They laughed together, complained together, broke down together… and got right back up because someone beside them always offered a hand. Slowly, they'd grown into a weird, chaotic little family—at least, the ones who opened their heart a bit. A few still stayed locked tight, walled off, refusing to connect even when everyone else's bonds were practically glowing.
Clique after clique formed, tiny fault lines running through the group. Whispers, eye-rolls, petty tension—normal human chaos. But nothing big enough to call staff in. Yet.
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