"Not like before," she added quickly. "Not like the smoke. Just… weird. I was underwater. The river was gone and there was only the sea. And the sky was gone too. Everything was blue. Not just blue, *alive*. And I could breathe, but I wasn't supposed to. I felt like I was being watched. Not in a scary way, not exactly. But like I was being examined."
Jude ran a hand through his hair. "You think it's connected?"
"I don't know," she said softly. "But I woke up and my hands were wet. I hadn't left the bed, but they were *soaked*."
