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“Me too,” I’d replied, the pang of nostalgia so acute, it was almost physical.
We were both trapped in a cell, miles away from home.
Our only solace lay in these stories, fragments of our worlds we held onto, our very own pieces of home.
That’s when the metallic clang of the cell door had jolted us out of our shared reverie.
The guards, their menacing figures filling the doorway, sent a shiver down my spine.
I’d expected them to come for me, but to my surprise and growing alarm, they’d moved towards Ellie.
Ellie’s eyes had widened, fear sparking within their emerald depths as the guards advanced.
We shared a look, a silent exchange that held all the questions we didn’t have the courage to voice.
Why are you taking her?
What are you going to do to her?
I felt a surge of anger, a raw, primal need to protect her from the unknown.
Yet, I was powerless, bound by the confines of this cell.
As they led her away, I reached out, my fingers brushing hers in a fleeting touch.
It was an unspoken promise, a reassurance that I was here, that I wouldn’t let her face this alone.
Now, as I sat alone in the chilling silence, my thoughts raced.
What was happening to Ellie?
Would they subject her to the same torment I had endured?
The thought made my blood run cold.
But no, I thought. She could not Blink.
She did not possess the same unique ability of my people.
All I could do was wait, the uncertainty a cruel tormentor.
And as the minutes turned into hours, the cell grew colder, the silence more deafening.
Yet, through the anxiety and fear, my thoughts kept going back to our shared stories, the fragments of our worlds we’d given each other.
It was a small comfort, a beacon of hope in the looming darkness.
I clung to that hope, praying to the twin suns of Varonis that Ellie would return safe.
For now, all I had was her stories, the echo of her voice filling the cell, and the warmth of her touch still lingering on my fingers.
A piece of Earth and a piece of her, reminding me of what I had to fight for.
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ELLIE
As the guards marched me down the sterile, metallic corridors, my mind couldn’t help but wander back to Ceara.
