Before the confrontation against Elise
Shredica's POV
When I woke up, the first thing that greeted me was a dull, heavy pain running down my back. It wasn't just a simple ache and it felt like my whole body had been pressed against stones all night.
It's been a while since my mornings started like this, with that same stiffness crawling through my muscles, the same kind of discomfort gnawing at me as soon as my eyes opened.
It's already been a year since I came to this place, but no matter how much time passed, it still felt new and was almost foreign.
Like the first day I stumbled into this world with me being confused, disoriented, and carrying that strange sense that everything around me was familiar, yet not at all. Even now, despite all this time, it still felt like I was stepping into it for the very first time. That eerie feeling hadn't left me.
"Shredica?"
A voice came from beyond the curtain. Not a door, just that thin cloth separating me from the outside world.
