I swallow convulsively, grimacing from the bitterness on my tongue and almost not feeling reality - only numbness in the limbs and a pulling pain that fills the insides, which bursts and stretches from the inside. Each subsequent breath is given with great difficulty, and I open my mouth like a fish thrown ashore to take a sip of the saving oxygen that settles in my lungs with an unbearable weight. Tears flow involuntarily, and the fear of impending death displaces all thoughts and memories with which I was poisoned only a few minutes ago. Unfortunately, for my attempt to escape your cruelty, you chose not a quick and merciful...