ZELPHIRA picked up her VR headset and turned on the VR console with one hand. It was still difficult to move around. Her other hand was still covered with the hard white synthetic material of her arm cast.
She wore the headset and lay carefully in her bed.
Finally, after a week of staying at the hospital, she was allowed to go home.
Her new friend, Amy, was visiting her every day at the hospital. She would stay with her for the whole day, chatting about what was happening outside, about the places she had been and about all sorts of things.
She was amazed at how well-travelled Amy was. She had travelled to a lot of countries at the age of eighteen. While Zelphira, going eighteen two weeks from now, hadn’t even gotten out of their city except for one field trip to the nearby province. S
