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Go hunting — the bodies need calories after the growth. The coyotes leave. We each eat a single 2000 pound bull. Diane and I spar on the foundry floor afterwards to test our new limits. Even with our new bone density, we go so hard we break all our bones. It heals in 20 minutes after the spar. We go again

The hunger is the thing the 3,400 pounds gives. The giving is the thing the growth makes. The growth is the thing the wish did while the bodies rested. The resting is the thing the 3,400 pounds needed the calories for. The needing is the thing the dawn does not wait for. The not waiting is the thing the 15'6" frames stand up for. The standing is the thing the coyotes feel. The feeling is the thing the pack reads in the way the two massive bodies shift. The shifting is the thing the apex signals. The signal is the thing the coyotes answer by standing too. The standing is the thing the animals do at the fence hole. The hole is the thing the pack files through. The filing is the thing the leaving is. The leaving is the thing the coyotes do without looking back. The not looking back is the thing the submission gives. The submission is the thing the foundry keeps. The keeping is the thing the bodies do not watch. The not watching is the thing the hunger is. The hunger is the thing the 3,400 pounds walks toward the tree line for.

The field is the thing the three miles lead to. The three miles is the thing the dark gives. The dark is the thing the 15'6" frames move through without sound. The without sound is the thing the twelve-times density gives. The giving is the thing the bare feet do on the grass. The grass is the thing the 2,000-pound bull stands on. The bull is the thing the darkness does not warn. The not warning is the thing the wind gives the wrong direction of. The wrong direction is the thing the 3,400 pounds uses. The using is the thing the charge is. The charge is the thing the 15'6" frame covers thirty yards in. The thirty yards is the thing the bull does not finish turning in. The not finishing is the thing the jaws are. The jaws are the things the throat find. The finding is the thing the bull drops from. The dropping is the thing the 3,400 pounds does not wait for. The not waiting is the thing the teeth are. The teeth are the things that tear. The tearing is the thing the eating is. The eating is the thing the 2,000 pounds of bull becomes. The becoming is the thing the 3,400 pounds needs all of. The all of is the thing the calories are. The calories are the things the growth demands.

Diane finds her own bull in the adjacent field. The field is the thing the barbed wire separates. The barbed wire is the thing the 3,400 pounds steps over. The stepping is the thing the wire does not cut. The not cutting is the thing the twelve-times density gives. The giving is the thing the skin is. The skin is the thing the barbs find unyielding. The unyielding is the thing the 3,400 pounds is. The is is the thing the second bull learns. The learning is the thing the teeth teach. The teaching is the thing the eating does. The eating is the thing Diane does on her side of the fence. The fence is the thing the sounds cross. The sounds are the things the tearing makes. The making is the thing the dawn hears. The dawn is the thing the two bodies eat in. The eating is the thing the 4,000 pounds of bull becomes. The becoming is the thing the calories are. The calories are the things the 3,400 pounds absorbs. The absorbing is the thing the twelve-times density does. The doing is the thing the healing will need.

The foundry is the thing the bodies return to. The returning is the thing the full stomachs give. The giving is the thing the 3,400 pounds does not slow down for. The not slowing down is the thing the spar is. The spar is the thing the foundry floor is for. The floor is the thing the concrete gives. The concrete is the thing the 3,400 pounds stands on. The standing is the thing the 15'6" frames face each other in. The facing is the thing the grins are in. The grins are the things the blood still covers. The blood is the thing the bull left. The left is the thing the teeth wear. The wearing is the thing the animal has. The animal is the thing that wants to test. The testing is the thing the first strike is.

Lena throws the right hand. The hand is the thing the 3,400 pounds puts behind. The putting is the thing the twelve-times density makes heavier than anything human. The heavier is the thing Diane's guard meets. The meeting is the thing the sound makes. The sound is the thing the foundry walls give back. The giving back is the thing the echo is. The echo is the thing the concrete cracks from. The cracking is the thing the 3,400 pounds does not stop for. The not stopping is the thing the 15'6" frames go harder for. The harder is the thing the knees are. The knees are the things the ribs take. The ribs are the things that break. The breaking is the thing the twelve-times density does not prevent. The not preventing is the thing the force is too much for. The too much is the thing the 3,400 pounds at full speed gives. The giving is the thing the bones do. The bones are the things that snap. The snapping is the thing the body does not stop for. The not stopping is the thing the spar is. The spar is the thing the foundry floor gets blood on. The blood is the thing the new blood is. The new blood is the thing the sparring makes. The making is the thing the animal does not care about. The not caring is the thing the healing is for.

The healing is the thing the twenty minutes give. The twenty minutes is the thing the 3,400 pounds does on the floor. The floor is the thing the broken body rests on. The resting is the thing the bones knit in. The knitting is the thing the wish does. The wish is the thing that does not stop. The not stopping is the thing the healing does not stop at either. The either is the thing the ribs and the collarbone and the orbital and the forearm are. The are is the thing the twenty minutes makes whole. The whole is the thing the 3,400 pounds stands up in. The standing is the thing the grin is. The grin is the thing Diane returns. The returning is the thing the second spar is. The second is the thing the 15'6" frames go again in. The again is the thing the 3,400 pounds loves. The loving is the thing the animal has. The animal is the thing the wish built. The wish is the thing that is still going.