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Water…

She spoke without thinking "I was in a storot stranded in this building The stor, but when it was over--"

It was all happening again She was back there, and she heard that eerie silence

"Sorabbed whorab the in the back of her throat It was blocking her air, and she could barely grasp for oxygen again

"The water sla, and the bottom floor ept away It was there and then it wasn’t Part of the wallThen the wall collapsed We were stuck in that second building"

They couldn’t get out

No one knew they were there

"Once it was over, it was a while until we heard the search parties We could hear them, and we’d call out"

She blinked a few ti free "They didn’t hear us for the longest time We were so weak, and a lot of the kids couldn’t ot hurt trying to get into the second building Soainst where ere"

She was in that roo The s up And then nothing… "They all just fell silent"

"You were in a tsunami?"

"It hit a small island where ere"

"A tsunami’s not a storm It’s a natural disaster"

"No one knows about where I was" Now the shock started in She hadn’t talked about it with anyone, even Boone Mae No one Panicked, she turned to him "Don’t tell anyone"