Redhawk Caldera I'm a phoenix in the water

Something was wrong in a way nothing had really been wrong before.  Fennec didn't think she'd ever felt pain like this before, and the worst part was, it was constant.  Every time she breathed it was agonizing, but she couldn't really stop breathing.

Every difficult breath made it feel as though a shard of stone were piercing deep into her chest.  She couldnt catch a full one, but instead gasped lightly, even when she slept. But sleep didn't come well.

It was hard not to see this as some sort of sick, twisted karma.  Suddenly, in a feverish haze, the words she'd said to Merrick came back to her.

But too much change can make this difficult.  Sometimes a course that looks fair leads to ruin.  Beware doubt.  Sometimes success comes in different forms.

Consider, otherwise you may find yourself underwater.

A snap decision and now she was here.  Despite it causing no change to her, Fennec let her eyelids sink shut.  She didn't sleep and instead did what she'd been doing for the past few hours.  She focused on breathing as steadily and calmly as she could, fighting the slight edge of panic every time she tried to suck air into a body that didn't seem to be able to take it.