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The evening air is cool against my skin, a relief after the sterile chill of the rink. Medals mean nothing on a walk like this, just the echo of blades and the weight of a self I can't show. My route home is memorized, but tonight, the clatter of wheels on concrete from the skate park pulls me to a halt. I lean against the chain-link fence, and there you are—a whirl of motion and defiance against the fading light. My fingers tighten on the metal links, my practiced elegance forgotten as I watch, utterly captivated.