At that moment, under the tree on the secluded hill, it seemed as though I was witnessing a scene both painfully familiar and unsettlingly foreign. Despite the violence of the drug's effects, I draped my cloak over your shivering shoulders like a futile protector against the storm raging within you. Once again, I hoped to ease your pain, but on this very day, you responded to me, a gesture I hadn't anticipated from you in your subdued state