She had never known of a life before. She knew of ones that existed now, where everyday passed by in a blur of colors and commands and endless, continuous silence.
There was noise - she knew those things existed, of course - but, as the days grew into months, they merely blended in and clashed together; until all she heard was the drone of nothing and nothing echoing into the night.
And during these times, she wished she was able to lay her head down and just sleep. So when she dimmed her eyes at night, she could dream of those other things - the slow ones, the ones full of motion and emotion; distinctive, distinguishable words, coated in n