-peter Le-muscle Worship- Part 2 Mov -

PETER He didn't leave them. He abandoned them. Like he abandoned me.

Mark pulls out his phone. Shows Peter a video — grainy, old. A man (FATHER, late 40s, muscular but gentle) guiding a young boy (PETER, 10) through a deadlift. The boy’s form is wrong. The father doesn’t yell. He kneels. Adjusts his son’s grip. Smiles.

PETER (V.O.) My father used to say, "The body is a temple." Then he'd knock me down and tell me to pray harder. Worship meant pain. But I learned to love the pain. To crave it.

MARK Muscle worship isn't about him, kid. It's about reverence. Respect for the work. Not the ghost. -Peter Le-Muscle Worship- Part 2 mov

Mark sets down the shakes. Faces him fully.

Peter pauses. Eyes darken.

PETER (softly) Thank you.

PETER (whispering) I forgot that part.

Peter says nothing. Drops his bag. Begins wrapping his wrists.

MARK Worship isn't suffering. It's seeing the divine in the sinew. In the effort. In yourself. Golden light spills through the windows. PETER He didn't leave them

MARK That's not worship, Peter. That's punishment.

Distant thunder, muffled city hum.

MARK Now you understand. Peter walks out. The rain has stopped. Sun breaks through clouds. Mark pulls out his phone