As we feel the wind rushing past us, I think about how freeing it feels. The complete weightlessness, all the stress and pressure melting away. I feel no fear. There is only relief as the water rapidly approaches. Finally we will be set free. I send a prayer to the goddess to guide us home.

When we hit the water I have a flash of pain and then nothing. From that height thankfully it was quick, hopefully for my sister it was as well. The pain would have been worth it though, I would have suffered the flames had I not feared someone interfering. Anything to be released from this torment.

It took me awhile to realize that I wasn’t quite as dead as I had originally believed. I had been floating in the void, devoid of all feeling. Then suddenly sensation crept in.

I was alive. This was not good news.