The Gravity of the Situation

Breathe in. Breathe out. Just keep breathing.
Breathing this heavy air. The same air pressing down on your chest. Squeezing the breath from your lungs. Bruising your organs. Crushing your bones...
No! Focus. Breathe in. Breathe out.
The worst part was the waiting. Just lying there in the silence. Not knowing for how long. Not knowing what would come afterwards. How long had it been since they took her outside? How long until they would bring her back? If they would bring her back at all...
Breathe in. Breathe out.
He couldn't blame them for being curious. Of course they would have questions. Lots of them. But how would they go about answering them? Probably not with a translumination scanner... not at their tech level.
Stop thinking about that! Breathe in. Breathe out.
Just keep breathing.