As Gary returned the twenty pound dumbbells to the rack, he heard a soft, “Psst…”

He looked around. The gym was completely empty. He furrowed his brow and was about to leave when —

“Down here.”

Gary looked down at the twenty pound dumbbells in disbelief.

“Are you…?”

“A pair of talking dumbbells? Yeah,” said the left dumbbell.

“We don’t usually reveal that to people,” said the right dumbbell. “But we think it’s time the three of us had a difficult conversation…”