Aurora turned her head toward the foot of the hospital bed. Maelis stood with her arms crossed and an expressionless face. Her eyes on the other hand showed way too much emotions, worry, fear, hollow.

“What... happened," Aurora whspered. "You died for two minutes,” Maelis whispered.

"I... what?"

“And when you came back… Well.. you weren’t all there.”

Her mouth opened, but only a dry croak escaped. Her tongue felt like literal sand. Maelis picked up a small cup of water and helped her sip. The liquid ran down her throat like ice and she could feel it satiating her thirst.

She swallowed a bit too hard causing herself to...