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S he is in a hospital room. Every inch of her body is held together with gauze.

Someone is here. A nurse, maybe. Flora senses a woman's presence flitting from one side of the bed to the other. She hears a pen glide on paper and tap a clipboard. The sound is comforting.

The surface beneath her moves. She hears the humming of the motorized bed and feels her body shift in response.

The moment Flora smells the bleach, she slips away again.