She'd tried tuning it out while she'd gotten changed, but the words lingered in her ears, and left a heavy coldness in her heart. Losing volition and conscious thought... masticating your beloved friends ... homegrown monsters...
The girl slipped through the small clusters of other patients, her eyes turned away from them. Her flashlight carved her path in darkness, and even a long hallway was short for the worry beginning to simmer in the back of her mind.
Somehow, it was the laughter that stuck with her, rattling around inside her like so much metal and so many bones; helmets and teeth.
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She'd tried tuning it out while she'd gotten changed, but the words lingered in her ears, and left a heavy coldness in her heart. Losing volition and conscious thought... masticating your beloved friends ... homegrown monsters...
The girl slipped through the small clusters of other patients, her eyes turned away from them. Her flashlight carved her path in darkness, and even a long hallway was short for the worry beginning to simmer in the back of her mind.
Somehow, it was the laughter that stuck with her, rattling around inside her like so much metal and so many bones; helmets and teeth.