JAXON(ARTHUR'S BODY) My throat felt like sandpaper, and my stomach was turning itself inside out, a violent, hot acid rising up the back of my throat. I squeezed my eyes shut, trying to raise my right arm to wipe the sweat from my forehead. But the limb felt impossibly light. "F-fuck..." The word slipped past my lips, but it didn't sound right. It was a small, high, pathetic gasp. "Why the hell do I... feel so goddamn shitty...?" I forced my eyes open, squinting through a strange, jarringly sharp field of vision. Everything looked slightly warped, framed by two plastic black rims sitting heavily on the bridge of my nose. I froze. The hand in front of my face was tiny. The skin was impossibly smooth, pale, and entirely blank. No ink. No heavy silver rings. The fingers were short and slender, shaking like a leaf in the wind. "What the hell..." I gasped, my voice pitching high. I scrambled out of the bed, my balance entirely off, and stumbled towards the adjoining bathroom.
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