POV: DannyI woke up with the taste of metal and static in my mouth.The ceiling above me pulsed in shades of blue and violet, the fluorescent lights leaving ghostly trails every time I blinked. My body felt heavy as lead, but my mind... my mind was clearer than ever.The voices that used to echo in my head had quieted to a constant whisper, like a radio tuned between stations."You're more stable today."Sofia was sitting in a chair beside my bed, watching me with those calculating eyes that seemed to see straight through flesh and bone. She held a steaming cup of coffee that smelled like old fuel and reheated grounds."Stable isn’t the word I’d use," I replied, trying to sit up. My muscles protested but obeyed; an improvement compared to the paralysis from before. "How many days this time?""Three." She took a sip of the awful coffee without flinching. "You had a violent seizure after the injection. Technically, you should have died."I looked at my arms. The blue veins now formed i