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Moving, she was sure she waspast her

I expel the carbon-hydrogen compound

The…what? Carbon…what? Her , round and round and as it swirled out came the knives of pain to stab at her, to torture her Head exploding Heart ha her ribs apart to get out of her

No, all hallucination Madness and lies

But the pain was real She could feel that, the pain And the fear

The oxygen-nitrogen mix flows

Air Replacing the gas It did nothing to lessen the pain in her head But her heart slowed

She could see again, just a little, the headlights of the truck throwing the faintest light down the ht her hand up in front of her face Fingers She could not quite make them out, but she knew they were there

She touched her face She could feel her hand She could feel her cheek Wet with tears

Come to me

No

But she was on hands and knees now,The rock tore the flesh of her palms and knees

No I won’t come to you

But she came Moved Hands and knees Crawled

Had it ever been possible to resist it?