My bones feel heavy and my mind feels like it is being weighed down by shackles. My back also seemed to pulse but not in a way that hurt.

I want to stat like this, half delirious, half in the clutches of sleep and half awake but my body had other plans as my mind started to wake.

I woke up feeling numb all over. I reached behind me to feel my back but my fingers came in contact with a cold sticky balm. I wiped my hands on my laps and forced my body into a sitting ...