Consciousness returned the way it always did after chemical interference - not gradually, not cinematically, but in pieces that didn't initially connect to each other. Sound first. The hiss-click of a ventilator, the monotonous punctuation of a heart rate monitor, the specific acoustic quality of a room with hard surfaces and no soft furnishings, a room designed for function rather than human comfort. Then light. Clinical, overhead, the particular white of medical-grade illumination that doesn't cast shadows because shadows are inefficient. Then sensation. The brushed-steel bands at her wrists — cold, smooth, fitted with the precision of restraints designed for a specific purpose rather than improvised. The tilt of the chair beneath her, ergonomic, the angle calculated to maintain circulation while preventing independent movement. The particular feeling of her own veins being used as infrastructure - the translucent tubes running from the crook of her left elbow to a pressurized de
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