[ You don't die. That stops her short. Her brain comes to a full stop, taking his words in but failing utterly to process any of them.
She doesn't die? ]
What?
[ She finally turns to face him, stunned confusion the only expression left on her face. The tears keep falling, of course. She has far too many of them and has let out far too few. She's numb most days, getting by without feeling much of anything. ]
But... how? I was bleeding out. I remember bleeding out.
[ She's pretty sure she couldn't have made it out of the building like that. ]
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She doesn't die? ]
What?
[ She finally turns to face him, stunned confusion the only expression left on her face. The tears keep falling, of course. She has far too many of them and has let out far too few. She's numb most days, getting by without feeling much of anything. ]
But... how? I was bleeding out. I remember bleeding out.
[ She's pretty sure she couldn't have made it out of the building like that. ]