“Elizabeth? Are you OK? Elizabeth…”
Sawyer was shaking her shoulders lightly to try and get her attention. She didn’t know how long she had been unresponsive.
“I’m OK.”
“You were completely gone for a couple of minutes. I couldn’t pick up on what you were thinking, I couldn’t feel how you were feeling. It’s like you weren’t there at all,” he sounded legitimately scared.
“Let’s go back to the car, OK? I can’t talk about this here.”
“Please tell me you’re alright.”
“I’m fine, but please – I just want to go back now.”
She started to walk to the car, but after a few steps she nearly collapsed and would have crumpled to the ground completely if Sawyer hadn’t grabbed her in time. A walk that should have taken them 15 minutes ended up taking nearly an hour. Every step seemed to take an ete
