[before being able to settle, to begin feeling like a person, there has to be a start. a cut from where anguish finally burned away to the sudden jolt of life returned.
she wakes with a gasp, immediately fueled with fear and adrenaline, the sense of place and space rattled by everything new around her. it's a disorienting, frightening sensation that prompts her to scramble to sitting up on her knees; later she'll feel foolish for being so frightened, but right now, she's too vulnerable and confused. too confused to realize her clothes have changed, because everything around her has, too.
there's a want to cry out, but no certainty it's safe to. her ears are filled with the ambient sounds of nature...nature! leaves rustling, distant birds.
she will cry out when suddenly some of the nearby shrubbery starts to morph and...manifest a shape?!
for darin
she wakes with a gasp, immediately fueled with fear and adrenaline, the sense of place and space rattled by everything new around her. it's a disorienting, frightening sensation that prompts her to scramble to sitting up on her knees; later she'll feel foolish for being so frightened, but right now, she's too vulnerable and confused. too confused to realize her clothes have changed, because everything around her has, too.
there's a want to cry out, but no certainty it's safe to. her ears are filled with the ambient sounds of nature...nature! leaves rustling, distant birds.
she will cry out when suddenly some of the nearby shrubbery starts to morph and...manifest a shape?!
it's screamin time.]