章 767: Tagging Out

For a minute or two, I just watched her flicker back and forth between two near states. 

Near asleep and near awake. 

And for that minute or two, I remained conflicted by choice. With every jolt rousing her, her breathing grew fainter, her movements more sluggish, until in time, they'd reach a point where she would just stop moving.

Unless I intervened. 

I don't think she even had the energy anymore to raise her head if she even wanted to. She was relying on me now to watch her for her, except, I really didn't know the proper means to actually go about doing that.

Watching was such a broad term. Could mean anything, really... 

"Still with me, Adalia?" I asked quietly after another minute. 

She didn't answer, not even a noise, a twitch, something to tell me that she heard. I glanced down, saw the murky swirl in her empty gaze come to a rest, and that's when I knew it was only a matter of time.

A matter of seconds.