Chapter 1: An unfamiliar world(1)
[In this world, nothing is absolute.
The truth can have a tiny percentage of lies, lies can hold some truth, a joke can be serious, and even reality can be an illusion. When you thought you have been living your dream all your life, and then that life suddenly turns into a near-death experience and just when you think you are going to die, the scene suddenly fades into light and you realize it was all just a dream. And you do not even know where you are.]
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Hillside Hospital.
Li Lanni stared blankly as two nurses busied themselves around her, drawing her blood, taking her pulse and measuring her temperature.
A girl in a red dress stood nervously at the side, letting them do their work. A doctor shone his bright flashlight into her eyes, making her squint them closed from the sudden glaring light. Was he trying to make her blind?
Words tumbled out of their mouths, none of which she understood and they could be speaking Greek for all she cared. A nurse brought a glass of water to her. She let the nurse place the glass on her dry lips and only took two sips to soothe her parched throat. She tried to move. Her whole body ached so she slumped back.
"Are they coming back?" She asked no one in particular when the doctor and nurses made their way out. She didn’t want them to come back. She was scared.
"They don’t have to if you do not want them. Lanni, are you feeling okay?" The girl in red asked.