Ella's voice was barely audible, as though pulled from a distant tunnel. "Darkness…"
Dr. Xiao didn't interrupt, "Anything else? If you can't see anything, try to sense…"
"There's… the sound of rats," Her fingers twitched and her face scrunched in pain.
Dr. Xiao immediately noted it down, ''How do you feel?"
"It's cold," her voice sounded hollow. "So cold… I—I can't move my legs."
"Why not?" Dr. Xiao asked gently. "Can you look around and tell me what you see?"
"Blood… Blood everywhere… I…" Ella's lips parted, her breathing grew shallow.
"Ella?" Dr. Xiao called out to her, more firmly. "What's keeping you there?"
Ella winced, her body trembling as if something invisible had gripped her.
"No… I—I shouldn't be here…"
Her head jerked slightly against the cushion.
"Ella, what are you seeing?"
"It has ended… No more pain! No… no… no no no no—"
Her voice escalated into a panicked chant. And suddenly, her eyes snapped open wide.
