where am i?

The pain sharpened her senses. Her mental fog was lifting, and she was starting to feel a little more lucid. Her vision, her hearing, it was all coming in much more clearly. She blinked a few times and saw the confused face of a child. He was so young, so confused, concerned, naive. "Ahhh, I-'m.. ahh.. I accidentally crossed the border..." Her ears flattened with some shame, guilt, regret. Would this kid understand? Understand that it was a complete accident, and she didn't mean to come here?

She glanced down and the water caught her eye. Noelani watched the swirls of discolored water bend and twist, slowly lightening until they faded away. It was hypnotizing to her. Everything else was muffled for a time; even her pain and anguish; and she felt like she only existed to stare at the water. Watch the blooms appear and disappear. Follow the skirt of their existence fade into the water. Over, and over, and over.

His question yanked her out of focus and she looked up. A healer...? "Yes, it does hurt." She said, yellow eyes meeting his for a brief second. She contemplated for a moment. "Am I allowed to see a healer? I don't know if she would let me...." Noelani mumbled, thinking out loud. What more could she do? Take a limb? Noe shuddered at the thought.