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His first sensation in the real world was one of warmth.
The air was actually not warm but hot, stuffy, misty. In his drowsy state he saw himself lying on a stretcher near the brazier, which had been mercilessly stoked by Akhmetshin. However, the heat was affecting his head and shoulders even more than his feet. Ivan felt the sticky wetness of sweat and was longing to turn over and somehow shield himself from that debilitating heat but found himself unable to even open his eyes, so strong was the grip of his sleepy fatigue.
He suffered in his slumber like that for a long time, until sleep began to retreat and his mind slowly started to wake up and take over his tired body. He stirred, stretched, put out his hand, and sensed the dewy coldness of grass with his palm. Surprised, he will
