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- Dan -
I couldn't breathe. All of my conscious thoughts, the air in my lungs, had gone. I stared in horror as she fell. I gaped at my hands, terrified of what else they could do.

Tears fell from my eyes, but I didn't feel them.

I ran to her. I wrapped her in my arms, shaking her, rocking her, trying to get her eyes to open. I needed to see her eyes.

I rocked for so long. I couldn't keep track of time. Some of my tears fell onto her, rolling off her neck.

It was then that she opened her eyes. I could see her eyes.

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