Chapter 155

• She’s sobbing, staring blankly ahead as her feet stumble over debris she isn’t trying to avoid, and Meadow is struggling to keep her steady, casting a glance at me that says, ‘she’s a mess.’ Overwhelming empathy runs over me, both from her and my internal emotion piping up at the sorrowful state of Carmen. I wish she didn’t see what she saw, and I don’t blame Colton for tackling her and holding her tight. No one needs to see someone they love end that way, and it will forever haunt her. Knowing her mom’s last moments were in terror, agony, and untold suffering before she took her last breath.
• What are we going to do with her when we get her home? Meadow breaks into my thoughts in a private link, and I try and sort my feelings from the two invading next to me. Carmen’s despair is so strong I’m finding it hard to keep my logic and mind straight.
• Take her to the med bay. Maybe Doc Maigo can give her something to relax and calm her down. I don’t know.