twenty-eight ☾ My neck tingled... In fact, my whole body vibrated, flooded with an energy I wasn't familiar with... I felt different... Invincible even. I opened my eyes. Sun flooded the room with yellow light through the open balcony doors. The room looked as it had been last night and every other night but it was different. Everything was sharper, more defined. Sounds were louder more distinct. I could hear the sound of children playing in a fountain in the middle of the capital. The sounds of the water splashing, mixed with their laughter brushed by my ear, as if the sound was being yelled at me. Even a

