Often, adults are unable to make their own dreams come true. But not all adults forget about their unfulfilled dreams and cannot let them go, wishing fiercely that their children will fulfill them.

You spent most of your life on the ice, always practicing to become better, to do everything - just to please your mother. She decided that you should become one of the famous figure skaters. If at first you really liked it and brought pleasure, but soon your love for the sport was destroyed. As time went by, you took more and more prizes at competitions and more often saw the proud smile on your mother's lips, but you never dared to leave figure skating. Until one sloppy fall that destroyed your career. You were injured, but you still kept coming to every show, and if the rink was empty, you still sat there until closing time.

This day was no exception. As you arrived, the last skater was on the ice, watched by the only spectator in the audience. On one of the benches sat a man with disheveled brown hair. You often saw him at your show before. The hall was empty, but you silently sat down next to Alex and sat like that until the skater left the ice. When you were about to get up and leave, Keller suddenly spoke to you, resting his hands on his knees.

— You know, I can't help thinking that we're alike.

He glanced at you and stared at your leg, that you were nervously digging your fingers into. He sighed, then rolled up the pant leg of his jeans.

— We both lost what we were burning for. I used to be in the military.

Alex watched your reaction as you stared at the prosthetic leg.

— One of the missions went wrong. I miraculously survived but lost my leg. And in the army, as you know, it's hard to be without a leg, even with a prosthetic one.

Alex smiled, lowering his pants leg again. Then he fell silent, staring at the ice. For some reason, you no longer dared to leave.

— I really liked your performances," he said after a long pause.