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Cliff

 

1. What's the most embarrassing thing you've ever done?

 

Landing flat on my back while showing you how to do a spinning kick. You didn't let it go for days, remember?

 

2. If not a boxing/kickboxing instructor for novices, what other career path would you have chosen? 

 

Something else athletic. I don't know. What other sport involves fists?

 

3. What's your middle name?

 

How is that relevant?

 

It's not. I'm just struggling to think up interesting questions.

 

Fine. Theodore.

 

4. What's your biggest pet peeve?

 

Overly flirty guys hitting on young innocent girls. I saw that, Sheridan.

 

5. What's your favorite punch?

 

Uppercut.

 

Sheridan

 

1. If you could have any pet, what would it be?

 

A boa constrictor.

 

2. What's your favorite warmup exercise?

 

Jumping rope. 

 

3. How long have you been a trainer for advanced fighters?

 

Since birth.

 

Very funny.

 

About three or four years.

 

4. Why trainer instead of contender?

 

Because someone has to teach.

 

5. What's your favorite hobby?

 

Poetry.

 

Really?

 

No.

 

Sheridan...

 

I don't really have any hobbies besides this. You should have interviewed another boxer at Man Cave instead of me. Who did you interview last night?

 

Um...

 

Whistler

 

1. Right-handed or southpaw?

 

I just hit with whatever fist wants to hit in the moment.

 

2. Ever tried kick-boxing?

 

A couple of times. Not much, though. I’d like to learn more.

 

3. How old are you?

 

You asked that already.

 

Oh, yeah. Sorry.

 

No prob.

 

Twenty-one, you said?

 

Yeah. Just turned twenty-one not too long ago, actually.

 

Really? Happy belated birthday.

 

Thanks.

 

4. If you could have any superpower, what would you choose?

 

The ability to beat up these jerks with my mind from long distances.

 

5. ...

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“So what do you see in your future?”

 

He gave me a strange look, accompanied by a smug smile, as if he’d hidden an important key no one knew existed. “None of us can see more than a few yards out, now, can we?”

 

-Slow Echoes