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A hissing roar drowned out the shouts in the distance, and there was a flurry of activity around me. I still couldn’t see, couldn’t move, didn’t really want to. I was tired, so tired. In my short life, I’d lived lifetimes of pain and suffering, and I was done.
Regret pushed at the corners of my brain but not enough to want to stop it.
“Aparoe? He’s not breathing!”
“I’m trying. Stay calm, he needs you calm.”
“He’s not breathing! I can’t feel him! No! Get off me! Deke! Stop it!”
What was happening? Deke… that asshole had better… No.
