battling against self doubt

She hit the ground hard with Hazel's last attack, and took a second to catch her breath. When she did so, she could feel a paw reaching down to her. She reluctantly took it and let Hazel pull her to her paws. “Did I?” she asked hopefully. Wishing she could pull back the blindfold and see the damage. Sadly, experience had taught her what a bad idea that was.

“I mean, I guess. If you want” She said, not letting on that maybe she could use the help. If it was Hazel's idea, then it wasn’t Kite asking for help. Being weak. She knew how badly she wanted to be able to beat Azure, and every humiliating spar took her a little bit closer.


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