Something hit her hard in the head. She felt the darkness engulf her. There was a long moment of silence where she felt suspended in time, hearing nothing, seeing nothing: blank. She drifted. It felt astonishing to her that she would find such peace and clarity in a moment when she was sure she should be panicking. She should be worrying about what might happen next. About who had hit her. About how she might die. But she just couldn’t. She floated through unconsciousness. And she did not feel eager to awaken.