“One-two-three, two-two-three. One beat rest, now once again.”

Sinhye wiped her eyes with the back of her hand. Her eyes were feeling prickly because sweat got into them.

“Sinhye, you’ve gotten slower.”

“Do you have eyes on your back!?”

“Get in line with the beat if you have time to respond.”

She was like a spirit that watched your every move. Two days into the practice, Haneul was given the nickname of the Human CCTV. She was in the middle of the practice room, yet how she managed to precisely check the movements of people she couldn’t even see was such a mystery.

“Jungah, you’re slowing down as well. Haejung, you keep up too.”

One-two-three, two-two-three. At this point, she felt like she would wake up in the middle of the night if she heard those phrases. Everyone, who was running around Haneul in a circle, stopped simultaneously. Haneul’s index finger was pointing at the ceiling.

“Fish,” she said.

As soon as she heard that, Sinhye got on the floor, stretched her arms forward, and put her legs together. Then she started moving her body from side to side. She checked what the others were doing as well. They were all similar. They were all doing their best to become a fish.

“Sinhye.”

“Yes?”

She always felt uneasy when Haneul talked to her.

“Put it down more.”

“Put what down more? I’m really a fish now.”

“No, you can do better.”

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