“God… that’s horrible…” she finally croaked, her throat raw. She could still feel some level of discomfort from her head—something in her brain still realized she should be in pain. But the longer she had to adjust, the more of her hearing seemed to return. Her own heartbeat thumping through her ears was still the loudest thing, but it had been joined by her own breathing, and the sound of the drone’s servos. “What the fuck happened?”