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He lay back, feeling the headrest cradle his skull. He hooked his arches over the cold metal bar.

"Footbar up," Sarah said softly. She didn’t look like a drill sergeant, but her eyes caught every micro-flicker of a muscle. reformer

He focused on the breath—the inhale that expanded his ribs, the exhale that knitted his ribs together. He stopped thinking about the "workout" and started thinking about the architecture of his own frame. He felt the precise moment his hips tilted, the exact second his left leg tried to cheat. "Good," Sarah whispered. "Now, the straps." He lay back, feeling the headrest cradle his skull

Elias closed his eyes. He pressed. The springs groaned—a heavy, metallic resistance that mirrored the stubbornness in his own spine. For weeks, he had fought the machine, trying to bully it with brute strength, only to end up exhausted and misaligned. She didn’t look like a drill sergeant, but

"Find your center," she commanded. "Don't push with your legs. Push from your core."

How do you want to —focusing on physical recovery or exploring more narrative themes ?