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Takeoff
10… 9… I put on my suit.
8… 7… Going through every safety precautions.
6… 5… Hearing my breath in the helmet.
4… 3… Hearing my heartbeat throughout my body.
2… 1… Pure silence, nothing I can do now.
Lift off… I take the field one last time, never to be able to play again.
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