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Into The Air
Julian wiped the sweat from his brow and blew his breath out with as much force as he could muster. Then he drew a long, deep breath. Following that, he exhaled again, more slowly this time as he remembered back to his martial instructor from when he first entered the army.
Sergeant Falston had always counseled that the best way to recover from exertion was to control your breathing and take long, slow breaths in and out. It was the control he emphasized, not the length of the breaths. Control your breathing when you most wanted to gasp and cough, and you learned to control the rest of yourself for later, when it might matter most.
Or at least, that's what Falston said.
Julian had scoffed at the entire notion at first. If that were the case, why would you naturall
