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>"I'm afraid I just don't know what to do."
>"I've told you how disappointed I am in you so many times that I'm becoming afraid it's just noise to you now."
>"Your grades. Those are not the grades of a person who is even trying. You've squandered nearly a hundred and fifty thousand dollars and the respect that the name Clark once carried at Berkeley, for NOTHING."
>"And the charges? Public intoxication. Disorderly conduct. Trespassing. Vandalism. Indecent exposure. Can you imagine the HUMILIATING phone calls I had to make to make that all go away?"
>"I suppose I should have listened to your stepmother. I'm the fool here. I'm the one who made the mistake, and I own it. I shouldn't have put these opportunities in front of you when it was obvious you lacked the temperament and work ethic to make any advantage of them."
>"Sentimental old fool that I am, I made the mistake of believing in you, in the face of all evidence to the contrary, one more time."
>"Well, your stepmother believes it's time we give you the space to find your own way in the world, and I feel the same way. So this may be the last time I have to say this to you: I'm disappointed in you, Andreya. You let us down."
The world starts coming back into focus. The sweaty sheets of the thin sleeping pad in the dojo, the still morning air, the dull everpresent headache, slowly fade into reality. Amidst the encroaching reality, a vision of Lillith takes shape briefly in Andi's mind.
>"And you let HER down too? Wasn't this wrestling nonsense supposed to be the one thing you might actually have a talent for? And you couldn't even break up a pin in three seconds? You let Lillith down too, Andreya."
