The Divide Between Body and Mind, and the Uma Musume's Longing

This is harder to understand than when Trainer explains it.

Her ears drooped as she sat at her desk, missing her trainer again.

Thinking of her trainer reminded her of the question from earlier.

Her mind slowly turned over the thought, and only then did she remember last night's dream.

Her face went pale.

"Trainer didn't get into a fight with them, did he?!"

"Huh? Who got into a fight?"

A voice spoke beside Oguri Cap. She turned and saw another Uma Musume standing there.

Without realizing it, Oguri Cap had spent the entire class staring into space.

She had not even noticed someone coming up beside her.

Aldan had noticed Oguri Cap's dejected expression and asked about it.

"No. It's nothing."

Oguri Cap shook her head vigorously. She did not quite understand it herself, but she had no intention of letting anything slip.

She had not even told her roommate Tamamo Cross, much less another classmate.

Aldan did not press her. She had something else to ask Oguri Cap.

"Oguri Cap, do you remember what we discussed before?"

"Discussed? What?"

Oguri Cap had been about to lay her head down and rest. At Aldan's question, she looked utterly lost.

She tilted her head and gave Aldan a puzzled look.

"Training together, remember? Did you forget?"

Training was paramount to an Uma Musume. None of them would give up precious training time.

Aldan was no exception. She had spent the past few days getting her body ready for today.

She had also prepared for the Trial Race according to the training schedule Zhou Yuang had helped her refine.

Now she wanted to run against an Uma Musume with race experience and see how far she lagged behind her classmates.

"Training? Oh, I remember."

She had indeed agreed to it. Only