LEAP OF FAITH

He calculated the angle of the jump, the height, the weight, the mass, and the speed of his body falling into the void.

He expressed the depth and the resistance of the water and the wind in complicated formulas.

He was so meticulous in every detail that he even took into account the caloric effort each muscle would need to climb the hundred steps of the tallest diving tower in human history.

He ensured that absolutely everything humanly necessary for the most ambitious platform dive of all time would be a success.

There was only one thing he couldn’t foresee: envy.

The envy that drove his best friend to loosen the safety screw on the diving platform, just minutes before the great feat.

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