Chapter 129: Chapter 130: Ellae Part 1

"How's she doing?"

"She's healing up well. I've got the last of the Vilbrees on her leg. She just needs some time. Reid - you really should get some rest."

"I'm not leaving her."

"You've been here for hours. If she wakes up..."

"I said I'm not leaving."

Silence.

"I know my mother wants to thank you again, Fychu. Come, let us leave them alone. Reid, we will be nearby if she awakes."

A shuffle of noise but everything is dark, like it was before, only seconds ago. But it feels different. I'm not in the suit and I can hear everything like it's right here, happening in front of me. There's no slight echo from the headgear. Does that mean I'm back at FH? How is that possible? I was just in the field of Dilly, beneath the towering stocks and trapped under the -

I jolt up.

"Fallon!" Reid reaches for me, his huge brown eyes filled with relief. "Easy... easy..." he grips my shoulders in both hands.