Ocean's Breath Plateau [B] Remember when

The final girl was startled into silence by the indignity of her birth. In one uncomfortable squeeze, the whole of her reality had shifted. She was not where she belonged.

Belatedly, she gasped for air, and within a few breaths she began to cry instead. Everything hurt — to her, at least. She had never been cold before. Had never felt these strange textures. Everything was loud even to her still unopened ears. Bright, even to her unopened eyes.

Her mother's tongue soothed her, even though this, too, was startling. An eternity seemed to pass before she was shuffled in amongst her sisters, familiar to her even in the outer world. And there was the drumming thunder of her mother's voice, so much louder, now! But still recognizable.

And there was her father. The quiet wonder in his voice was lost on her. The vibrations of his voice altogether was something strange and new. But she knew the warm radiance of his presence, and soon enough, she fell into a peaceful sleep.