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The whole class laughs as she nods “Yes, you will learn breathing techniques, but trust ether, you should be aret started”

“Is it justspeech at the Olyames?” Harrison whispers in es of my fear and worry

“I don’t know She was inspiring, but also, like, weirdly terrifying I’ athletesthem up”

“You have to break it down to bring it back up, right?”

“No,” I disagree with a laugh “I don’t think that’s actually true We’d have to stab all the hot air balloons and sew theether before they could take off if that were the case”

“But think of how cool that would be”

I laugh “Cool until the loop stitch co into a bank of trees at the speed of sound and shit”

“The speed of sound?” he asks with a laugh

“I don’t know It would hurt, okay?”

“All right, you win No breaking down, just lifting up in the delivery room”

“And a strictly above the hip standing position for you”

“You don’t want me to watch?”

I choke on my saliva “Um, no”

“You don’t think I can handle it?”

“I don’t think I can handle it Frankly, I’d prefer if no one had to watch If I thought the doctor could do her job effectively without watching, I’d blindfold her”

He chuckles “Noted”