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I tried to blink, tried to aze, willing er, wiggling a toe Winking an eye

The water around me pushed me first one way, and then pulledto the force of the tide

Panic welled inside me as I realized I was a prisoner Trapped inside a vessel no longerfuriously

Blink I could blink

And I could breathe and le my toes

It was only a dreaht waters of a wave

I’d never seen the surf before, yet the memory was so real that I knew, in that moment, exactly what it would feel like, exactly hoould s in the air

It wasn’t ainst my pillohich was damp with sweat

She was there, always insideto find a way out

This had been Sabara’s dreahtmare

And just like before, with thehours, she was evolving Before, she’d only been able to find her voice while I was sleeping; she’d only been able to speak toher one for the moment I knew because of the silence in my head

And I needed to find a way to keep it that way

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