Turn 163 of 226

Wake up and spar enough that the regeneration causes the other bones in our body to match the density of our regenerated limbs

The waking is the thing the foundry floor gives. The floor is the thing the bull bones are on. The bones are the things the bodies did not eat. The not eating is the thing the marrow was too much for. The marrow is the thing the teeth cracked into. The cracking is the thing the jaws did while the other body slept. The sleeping is the thing the bodies are done with. The done is the thing the morning is.

Lena's hand is the thing that finds Diane's hand on the concrete. The concrete is the thing the blood dried on. The blood is the thing the bull left. The bull is the thing the bodies ate whole. The whole is the thing the feast was. The feast is the thing the calories gave. The calories are the things the sparring will spend. The spending is the thing the bodies stand for. The standing is the thing the 1,800 pounds does on the foundry floor. The floor is the thing the bodies rise from together.

The spar does not begin with a signal. The signal is the thing the human needs. The human is the thing the bodies are not. The bodies are the things that move at the same moment. The moment is the thing the eyes share. The sharing is the thing the strike follows. The strike is the thing Lena's right fist does toward Diane's ribs. The ribs are the things that are original. The original is the thing the regenerated limbs are not. The not is the thing the difference is. The difference is the thing the density makes. The density is the thing the new limbs have. The having is the thing the old bones do not.

The crack is the thing the ribs make. The crack is the thing the sound does. The sound is the thing the foundry gives back. The giving back is the thing the echo is. The echo is the thing the bodies do not wait for. The waiting is the thing the second strike does not do. The second strike is the thing Diane's knee does to Lena's floating rib. The floating rib is the thing that breaks. The breaking is the thing the body does not stop for. The not stopping is the thing the return does. The return is the thing Lena's elbow does to Diane's clavicle. The clavicle is the thing that snaps. The snapping is the thing the shoulder drops from. The dropping is the thing the body does not yield to. The yielding is the thing the human does. The human is the thing the bodies are not.

The sparring is the thing that goes on. The going is the thing the bodies do not stop. The not stopping is the thing the breaking does. The breaking is the thing the original bones need. The need is the thing the healing gives. The healing is the thing that rebuilds. The rebuilding is the thing the wish does denser. The denser is the thing the regenerated limbs proved. The proving is the thing the original bones want. The wanting is the thing the breaking gives. The giving is the thing the sparring does to every bone the bodies have.

Diane's shin is the thing that finds Lena's femur. The femur is the thing that hairlines. The hairline is the thing the heat follows. The heat is the thing the flush makes. The flush is the thing the bone knits from. The knitting is the thing the body does while the other leg kicks. The kicking is the thing the sparring does not pause for. The pausing is the thing the human does. The human is the thing the bodies are not. The bodies are the things that break each other and heal and break again. The again is the thing the cycle is. The cycle is the thing the bones need.

The nose is the thing that breaks next. The breaking is the thing the headbutt does. The headbutt is the thing Diane gives. The giving is the thing the cartilage does. The cartilage is the thing the body does not have anymore. The anymore is the thing the healing replaces with bone. The replacing is the thing the denser does. The denser is the thing the wish builds. The building is the thing the new nose has. The having is the thing the original did not.

The sparring goes through the afternoon. The afternoon is the thing the skylight marks. The skylight is the thing the light moves across. The moving is the thing the shadows do on the floor. The floor is the thing the blood is on. The blood is the thing the noses and the ribs and the clavicles and the cheekbones gave. The giving is the thing the bodies do not mind. The not minding is the thing the animal does. The animal is the thing that knows the breaking is the building. The building is the thing the healing does. The healing is the thing that takes every original bone and replaces it with the density the regenerated limbs have.

The evening is the thing the bodies stop in. The stopping is the thing the exhaustion does not cause. The exhaustion is the thing the 1,800 pounds does not have. The not having is the thing the 15 beats per minute gives. The 15 is the thing the resting heart rate is. The resting is the thing the body is not doing. The not doing is the thing the bodies decide to do. The deciding is the thing the human part has. The human part is the thing the bodies still have. The having is the thing the stopping is for. The stopping is the thing the bodies do to feel what the day gave. The giving is the thing the bones did. The bones are the things that are all new now. The new is the thing the density is. The density is the thing the whole skeleton has. The having is the thing the wish built. The wish is the thing that is still going.

Lena presses her shin against the concrete pillar. The pillar is the thing the rust covers. The shin is the thing the roundhouse used all day. The shin is the thing that did not fracture. The not fracturing is the thing the density gives. The density is the thing the regenerated limbs proved first. The first is the thing the rest of the bones matched today. The matching is the thing the breaking and healing did. The doing is the thing the bodies share on the floor. The sharing is the thing the smiles are for. The smiles are the things the bodies wear with the blood on their faces. The blood is the thing the day gave. The day is the thing the bodies are at the end of. The end is the thing the sleep does not do yet. The not yet is the thing the feeling is. The feeling is the thing the denser skeleton gives. The giving is the thing the whole body has. The whole is the thing the wish built. The wish is the thing that is still going. The going is the thing the bodies do not stop.