At the start of the competitive season, Alaysia enters the rink believing she has finally secured something fragile but real: stability. Her partnership with Freddy gives her visibility, momentum, and a sense—however cautious—that her place in the program is no longer up for quiet negotiation. For a skater without a legacy name, without family ties to the sport, and acutely aware of what it means to be Black in an elite, unforgiving system, that stability feels essential to survival.