It was so peaceful here it hurt.How long had Beth suffered that the first moment without pain, only calm and quiet, could hurt her so badly? She doubled over and fell to her side, half-sprawled, half-curled. She had no idea where she was or what had happened to her, but this was too much to take in. This empty place she could neither describe nor even properly see, hear, taste, nothing - this place where she was no longer in pain, no longer dying, this place where her body had at least found peace and respite from the torment, the agony... She didn't know if she could take it. She didn't know who she was without the pain."Come."The gentle voice came from above her, and all at once, someone was standing in front of her. Beth's gaze drifted up, following the woman's willowy frame until it rested upon her face.And oh, she was beautiful. Young and old at the same time, innocent but wise, joy tempered by age-old tragedy. She had the softness of feathers, the brilliance of wildflow
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