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"I don't want it, I don't want it!" I cried out in alarm, as if I had just struggled out of a nightmare. I sat up in bed, and when I opened my eyes, what lay in front of me was no longer a pitch-black environment; it was a bright room, with white walls, and both the furnishings and the hospital gown I was wearing showed that I was lying in a hospital.

"Do..