CHAPTER ELEVEN
The pair went to work and I was an exemplary patient, mostly because my exhaustion overtook me and I drifted in and out of consciousness. A few fractured dreams ripped from memories came to me. There was the river and my flailing about in its merciless waters. There was me standing before the great Diyedi Tree in my old world, its shining fruit tempting me to a new life I could never have imagined.
The last dream felt incredibly real. I stood in an unfamiliar room facing the closed doorway with my back to the space. A faint glow around me caught my attention. I lifted my arms and saw that the soft light from my adventures around the f*******n pool had returned.
“What is with me and glowing?” I muttered to myself.
A soft rustle of sheets made me turn. I gasped.
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