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Strange se people

Where aainst the false, upbeat tone I didn’t tolerate insincerity and whoever encouraged hts

My condition was the first sense to return with full force, feeding off the man beside me--the man who cared, worried, and clinically assessed ress, my recovery--it was all testament to his skills as my…

Doctor

The unfamiliar place and unfahts were brighter and the blanket hiding s

I couldn’t move I couldn’t speak I could barely breathe

But I was alive

Andsound flurried faster as I slipped back into all facets of ers Toes to toes It was like dressing in expensive cash scratchy wool It was ho to"

"That’s it We’re here No need to fear You’re safe"

The doctor’s voice reached into the re me to the surface My eyes were heavy drapes,to open

A wash of frustration ca er wanted

My eyes opened

"Great Awesoain The rooht, too much to see

"Give it a moment and the discomfort will pass" Sohthis tiht

The scene before me crystallised fronised

I knew this world Yet I don’t know these people

I was back in a broken body, battered within an inch ofnauseous, and interminably tired I preferred my dream world where Nila was safe, ere happy, and there was noto tear us apart