She woke up that morning feeling totally strange like her body belonged elsewhere. Claire sat up carefully and thought a little. It was still dark and still, probably the best time to talk to someone she never really cared about. It had been long since she last made a prayer and now she hoped the celestial beings and entire heavenly bodies would be wide awake enough to listen to her. Claire shut her eyes but found nothing to say really and then rounded it off by asking that the heavens help her out. She flicked her finger that seemed almost numb this way and that; and found they were still pretty much alive. Her eyes went to her shin still wrapped with the bandage. She was getting rather tired of seeing the thing that all but ceased her flow of blood now. She made as if to move her leg but
