KYLIE's POVReality came back to me in a series.When I woke, the world didn't come at me all once, it came slowly, in fractures, in flickering fragments.I caught a scent here, then a voice here, and then the warmth of a familiar hand holding on to mine.Light poured into the room, and blinded me when I tried to open my eyes, and every part of me ached, as though I had been whipped, or had engaged in some kind of exaggerated activity. I was sure I had done neither of those things.I tried to open my eyes again, this time much more slowly, as I listened to the rhythm of the monitor. One attempt, beep. Another attempt, another beep.I recognized the room as one of the ones I had been in while taking rounds in the infirmary. It was familiar, but my mind was not. It didn't feel like mine.Everything sounded too loud. The quiet beeping of the monitor, the sound of the birds chirping outside, even the rustling of the leaves.I tried to block it all out by slipping into oblivion, so I close
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