"Sink your shoulders, drop your elbows, let your qi settle in your lower abdomen... uh, just imagine your strength flowing from every part of your body into your abdominal core. Imagine you're a great tree, rooted in the soil. First, find stillness."
"Hulk, your heart is too restless right now. Leon told me that anger is the source of your strength, so I'm not asking you to suppress it. Instead, try to communicate with yourself and gradually gain control over it, just as you control your own qi."
With Leon supervising from a distance, Hulk could already perform Tai Chi with a fair semblance of proper form, but the way he clenched his jaw from time to time made it clear that he was not relaxed at all.
Just then, Ying Nan's guidance flowed gently into Hulk's restless heart like a clear mountain spring.
Following Ying Nan's instructions, Hulk closed his eyes and tried to balance his constantly surging anger by controlling the elusive sensation of qi within his body.
This was not the false balance of Hulk-Banner, where one overpowered the other. To both Hulk and Banner, that state was an insult.
Long ago, their efforts had shifted from one suppressing the other to finding a way to coexist.
Now, Hulk was not the only one learning to attain the inner state of Tai Chi. Dr. Banner, the other personality hidden within Hulk's body, was making the same effort. Within their mental space, he mirrored Hulk's movements in the real world and made the same inward attempts.
Their relationship was like the two opposing aspects of yin and yang in Tai Chi. Hulk was "yang," and Banner was "yin." Only by becoming one and working together, without division yet remaining distinct, could they form a complete whole.
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