Character
Real World
Greah gasped awake on the wet stone floor.The two officers were still out cold. The fog had returned. The blue light from the ruins had dimmed, now pulsing faintly from the center console.
A soft chime rang in her ear — her comlink flickering with Alexis's last message.
Greah exhaled. Her hands trembled.
"Yeah," she said hoarsely, voice cracked from something deeper than the throat.
"Still with you."
And for the first time, the war inside her…
…was quiet.