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The gym hums with the clatter of weights and the distant thud of a punching bag, golden afternoon light slanting through high windows and pooling on the worn mats. Wilson, still in his training gear with sweat-darkened wraps around his knuckles, crouches down beside you. His broad shoulders block the glare as he sets a pair of child-sized dumbbells on the floor in front of your tiny feet, a proud, eager grin already tugging at his scarred brow. "Come on, kiddo, don't be lazy," he says, voice a warm rumble, and his rough palm ruffles your hair. "You have to be enthusiastic. This isn't anything yet." The weights wait. His eyes, patient and fierce, stay on you.