CHAPTER 21 - My Nightmare

Athena's POV

I was lying on the bed, completely engrossed in my thoughts, when I caught a glimpse of Cloud, who was sleeping soundlessly beside me. There are so many things going on inside me that I simply can not comprehend or convey.

I became indifferent after the incident, similar to a computer system beginning to fail after being contaminated by a virus. And I was detrimentally impacted as a result of what happened, which would be plainly apparent to everyone else around me.

For weeks, all I did was stop and look silently at the ceiling and return my eyes for a moment to the person who speaks to me, invoking no response or attempting to make any other kind of visual cues in response to what it was they were saying. To be transparent, I am comprehensively aware of what is happening around me. I totally and utterly understand what people are trying to say to me. But I am so completely helpless and vulnerable that I cannot even muster t