The first time could be dismissed as an error, a slip born from Aydin's lack of preparation, or perhaps more accurately attributed to a moment of careless oversight.
Label it however one wished, but the truth remained: Aydin had faltered. Even the finest mystics were not immune to the occasional stumble.
So, if he chose to call that initial blunder a mistake, then a mistake it would be.
But then... what of the second time? The third? The fourth and fifth? The instances multiplied until counting them became a chore, yet each one added another crack to Aydin's composure.
Accepting the first lapse as an unfortunate anomaly was easy enough, but what happens when that same mistake keeps replaying itself, again and again?
"Let's try this again," Aydin muttered under his breath, frustration threading into his voice, curling into the tightening lines of his face.
