Chapter 23
Sensation returned in an agonizing flash.
Luis heaved and gasped, trying to remember how flesh and bones and lungs worked after an eternity away. He squeezed his eyes shut against the glaring lights, tried to draw away from the overheated air on his drenched skin.
“Luis! Cut the field, Tegwin, now!”
Someone touched his forehead, hands cool and soft against his flesh.
“The sensors cut it a few seconds ago,” Tegwin said. “See how Myrtle and Drew are doing. Luis? Back with me?”
“Almost. Can’t work out how to breathe yet.”
“Same way you always have.” She touched his chest and his stomach. “In and out. Sounds like you found something.”
Luis concentrated on the gentle pressure of her hands, pushing down, relaxing. He heard Willis talking to Myrtle, and Ben and Helen talking to
