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"And how do you feel your lack of training time has impacted your preparation for today?" Martin Sykes asked, thrusting his ESPN microphone in my face

"It hasn’t been easy," I answered honestly "The Renegades put a priority on college this year, which is so we’re proud of, but we’ve had to balance schoolwork, field studies, and general fun with as strenuous a training schedule as we could handle"

"How has training on board a cruise ship challenged you?"

"The boat hed, and I didn’t bother to tell hi

"We found that ere at sea, ere focused on our studies and physical training We had lireat friends open their tracks and ralanced tohis own questions, and farther dohere Penna sat with a bevy of reporters, her leg, casted in bright pink from the hip down, propped on a chair

"And the loss of Rebel after yesterday’s training accident?" Sykes asked, following ht

I forced a wry sht Bad choice of words Do you think the priority on school is what caused that accident?"

He waited easily, unknowing that he’d just ripped open the still congealing wound

"I think there are a lot of factors that led to Rebel’s accident, but I can assure you that we’ve taken protective ain" And it wouldn’t If I ever had to sit in another hospital for one ofto be because I’d been too blind to see as really happening

"Right And that trailer? You took a big risk going with that angle to draw in views"

This ti through the doors behind hiht in Mykonos I couldn’t wait to slide ht, the trailer That motive was purely selfish, but I wanted everyone to see that whatyour body to the li yourself to new experiences, whether they’re physical or emotional"

"Has she seen it yet?" he asked with a sly so ask her, if you don’tlove For ESPN, this is Martin Sykes with the X Gaades"

I gave the carin and then headed toward Leah without asking if he’d want to talk again after If I succeeded, they all would If I failed…they all would Either way, I wasn’t getting out of here today without a ton of ca you, I just wanted to say good luck before I foundher hair behind her ear "Plus, our grades came out," she added nonchalantly, like our entire future wasn’t riding on them

My stomach dropped "Okay?"

A slow smile spread across her face "You passed with a 34 That physics class pulled up your GPA Well, and your Lit final"