136 Training before training (2)

Next morning Sarah and Aiden got up early and went for a run.

Sarah lead the way. She looked at the maps of the area earlier and found a creek about three miles away from the apartment. They ran up to there. The creek was wide and shallow, with number of flat and round rocks sticking out of the water. 'This is perfect', Sarah thought before running towards the creek. As she reached edge of the water, she leaped into the air and landed on one rock precisely. She took a second to observe the surroundings before swiftly moving from one rock to another while going upstream. Some of the rocks were slippery, but Sarah kept her balance effortlessly, and didn't slip. Not even once.

Aiden watched her from the side and admired the control of her motions. Sarah was very nimble, and made it look very easy, as if she is an ethereal existence graciously floating above water.

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