[His sharper breaths have her pausing her movements, checking up on him to make sure he's okay with the amount of force she's putting on his arm, but if he says he's fine, then she won't question it. Instead, she'll keep pushing until he tells her otherwise... He needs to feel a little bit of pain. It's the only way either of them will know that it's working.
The stretches themselves are ones straight from Zangan's guidance. He always reminded Tifa that stretches and meditation were as important as physical strength and martial arts. It was a part of it all—Tifa-Ryu as she liked to call it these days. The practice that encompasses all of it. These are the same ones she practiced after her surgery to help rebuild the muscle mass and strength she had lost from it, so she's confident that they'll work for him too.
As for the movie, Tifa's attention is half on that, half on him, with most of her focus falling on the scars she can still see on his back. Worry continues to turn her stomach over and over each time his shirt flutters far enough back that she can see them, and when she does, she tries to peel her eyes away back to the phone... How did this happen and she had no idea...? And why wasn't she here to help him sooner...?
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The stretches themselves are ones straight from Zangan's guidance. He always reminded Tifa that stretches and meditation were as important as physical strength and martial arts. It was a part of it all—Tifa-Ryu as she liked to call it these days. The practice that encompasses all of it. These are the same ones she practiced after her surgery to help rebuild the muscle mass and strength she had lost from it, so she's confident that they'll work for him too.
As for the movie, Tifa's attention is half on that, half on him, with most of her focus falling on the scars she can still see on his back. Worry continues to turn her stomach over and over each time his shirt flutters far enough back that she can see them, and when she does, she tries to peel her eyes away back to the phone... How did this happen and she had no idea...? And why wasn't she here to help him sooner...?
Questions she'll ask herself again and again.
At the twenty minute mark, she'll hit pause.]
... How are you feeling?