“Oh, no. I’m going to spend more time on my ass than upright, I think.”
“It’s all right. Falling is part of learning,” Ilya says. He gives me a soft smile. “I will help you get back up.”
I’ve done a lot of falling in the past few months, but he’s right: he’s always been there to help me steady myself again.



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