Sudden awareness, mind fuzzy, she could not gather herself together, could not make her mind clear. She felt a stab of fear because she could not remember who or where she was. Panic rose and there was pain, great pain somewhere in her body. She sensed a small snuffling sound nearby and a warmth next to her. An alien creature? It was not part of her body, but familiar somehow. She tried to turn her head; but it felt like a dead weight. She was numb she felt herself drifting away....
Awareness again. The memory of the alien seemed urgent. A woman leant over her - mouth moving, sounding just like a trumpet; and there was a loud clanging. Then a man; a handsome man; smiling ....did she know him? He lifted a small bundle, showing her the small creature. It was ugly like a small skinned rabbit; red, like a monkey. Then the awful sound it made! She wanted to run; that urgent painful sound rattled her nerves. He looked at her quizzically. Did he want something from her? A reaction maybe ...
Awareness. She knew who she was. In a hospital. The pain in her stomach. She lay on her side and her husband smiled.
'How are you feeling? They are going to give you some more pain relief'.’
She tried really hard to answer him. It just came out as a murmur.
'Do you want to see him?' He put the bundle next to her... a baby!
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