If you’d been more conscious, you might have noticed how the more cogent thoughts in your mind were quieting further and further. As it was, though, all you noticed was the feeling that you SHOULD be panicking...growing softer before going silent altogether. That meant it was safe, right?

You opened your eyes after what felt like lifetimes, blinking at the bright lights in the room. You couldn’t quite remember where you were...this was a doctor’s office, maybe? There was a doctor in the room, smiling down at you kindly as she put a bandage over a tiny spot of blood on your shoulder.