ANN “….it grew out……..it….be.” I heard a voice speak from a distance, I tried to open my eyes, but they felt so dry and impossible to open. “Are……to say……she…..” another familiar voice was speaking. They were whispering, I could tell. But it still felt like they were speaking from miles away. One sounded quite familiar to me, but I couldn't quite place the voice as they all sounded so far, like a television playing in the distance. Who were they? And why couldn’t I hear them? Where was I? And why couldn’t I open my eyes? All I know was, my breathing was a little bit laboured and I was lying on a bed, in a place that did not smell or feel familiar in any way. There was a distant beeping too that sounded awfully familiar. But I couldn’t just place my surroundings. Even my hands and

