Quinn felt a hand on her shoulder. A comforting hand. A [i]warm[/i] hand. Through her tear-clogged, blurry vision, she saw Besca. Just like during the interview, talking to her gently, so gently. She barely heard the words, but she didn't need to. Just the voice was enough. And then just like that, she was up again, hurting so much, but wrapping her arms around Besca like the last refuge in a tornado while she cried. She tried to breathe deep. She couldn't. All she could do was grab her. And all at once—at last—she finally found her voice.

"[color=FFE63D]Oh god oh god it was [i]horrible[/i] all the blood and the bodies and the black lake and the water and everything was BURNING Besca it was all [i]burning[/i],[/color]" she rambled, a tidal wave of words rolling over her. "[color=FFE63D]And the things chasing and the [i]eyes[/i] it was HUNTING me, and then all the noise, the noise and the [i]voices[/i] and I needed to RUN, I needed to RUN and RUN and RUN and even though I ran I couldn't get away, and Safie oh god oh god [i]oh god Safie OH GOD—[/i][/color]"

She let out a hacking cough as tears drowned her out again. She felt like someone had taken a knife to her feet. Her throat felt like it had boiled, what had happened to it? Why did it hurt so much? But she just kept going, she couldn't stop, it got worse and worse and her panic grew and grew as memories started to smear together in her mind like mixing paints.

"[color=FFE63D]Don't send me back![/color]" She was screaming again, hysterical, the panic gripping her legs again and this time she didn't have the strength to fight it off. "[color=FFE63D]I don't want to go back I don't want to go back [i]don't put me back![/i][/color]" 

She felt her whole body shaking and shivering, she could barely hold on to Besca so she just gripped her tighter around the waist and squeezed like her world was falling apart. She was breathing so hard and fast she was dizzy, and her stomach was tied up in knots but different knots than before. For a moment she only breathed.

Then she [i]wrenched[/i] in one last desperate breath and [i]shrieked,[/i] louder than any noise that had ever come out of her mouth, and tears were freely rolling down her face now and dribbling to the floor:

[i][b]"[color=FFE63D]DON'T LEAVE ME![/COLOR]"[/b][/i]