No matter how much he talked, she never answered him, but he knew she was still there. He knew it was like the soldiers he had read about. They would have an arm or a leg blown off, and for days, even weeks after it happened, they could still feel the arm itching, the leg itching, the mother calling. Pat Cunningham Devoto
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Soldiers in the Vietnam War would feel their arms and legs and even their mothers calling to them after getting injured. They were still able to feel it all even though it was gone. They knew they were still there, but they could no longer feel anything. This reminds me of a story about a man who gets hit by a car and is paralyzed from the neck down.

After this he is fully conscious and is aware of everything going on around him, but cannot move or do anything about it. He starts to become paranoid and is afraid that someone will come for him and kill him. Then one day, while sitting in his chair with his eyes closed, he feels two soft fingers touch his cheek and he hears soft whispering voices telling him not to worry because they are taking care of everything.

Eventually he begins hearing other people’s voices as well, which makes him even more uneasy because he thinks that someone else has come to kill him. When people start talking to him, he starts asking questions like “Who are you?” “Why are you here?” He wants to know what they want because he wants them to leave so he can leave as well.

Source: Out Of The Night That Covers Me

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