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“Audie.” Daniel is gently shaking me awake.
I’m bent over, half of me still in a sitting position on his bed, half of me slumped to the side. I think Daniel must have fallen asleep, too, because I don’t remember hearing his voice for however long I’ve been passed out. It might have been fifteen minutes, it might have been an hour.
Sunlight is streaming through the curtains. It’s not exactly like waking up in a simulated meadow, with a deer grazing nearby, or in a room overpoweringly scented with roses, but I think this kind of room suits me better. Reminds me of home. Reminds who I really am underneath all this.
“I think Red needs to go out,” I say. He’s standing by the door, wagging his tail.
Daniel stands up and stretches. “I’ll go with you.”
My teeth feel like they’re coated in
