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"You once said that you wanted to know what was going on. What was causing all of this" she swept her arm over the landscape in front of her, over the swarming mass of reanimated corpses that had congregated there. "The answer?" she laughed, a high tinkling laugh, "It's very simple. The answer, is me" And as she turned around, her eyes became daggers again. They reflect the light in strange ways, leaving a sheen of metallic silver and no trace of their original blue. I shook my head.
"This isn't you, Flora. This is far beyond what you- what any of us can do. This is a virus, spreading through the human race, or at least what's left of it. This isn't some silly girl try-"
"I said, it - was - me." I closed my mouth, and looked at the shell of what had once been Flora. "You may not be able to do anything beyond a small bit of healing. What? Can you heal a graze on your leg? Is that all you can do?"
"I can stop a bullet, you-" she laughed again.
"A bullet! Is that honestly the best you can do?" She turned back to the shattered land. "Heal this" She threw her arm towards me and my arm was pulled viciously from my shoulder. I felt each strand of muscle snap and heard the sharp click as the two pieces of bone separated. I screamed.
"Anna! Are you ok?" Lewis looked around from where he was protecting the only way onto the roof.
"I'm, fine, never... better" I was fighting for breath as I grabbed my arm and shoved it back into its joint. The muscle cells interwove again and I was whole again.
"Is that the best you can do?" I flung Flora's words back at her.
"Not even close." And as my legs were pulled from underneath me, I knew that she, the Flora I had once known, had disappeared forever.

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"You once said that you wanted to know what was going on. What was causing all of this" she swept her arm over the landscape in front of her, over the swarming mass of reanimated corpses that had congregated there. "The answer?" she laughed, a high tinkling laugh, "It's very simple. The answer, is me" And as she turned around, her eyes became daggers again. They reflect the light in strange ways, leaving a sheen of metallic silver and no trace of their original blue. I shook my head.
"This isn't you, Flora. This is far beyond what you- what any of us can do. This is a virus, spreading through the human race, or at least what's left of it. This isn't some silly girl try-"
"I said, it - was - me." I closed my mouth, and looked at the shell of what had once been Flora. "You may not be able to do anything beyond a small bit of healing. What? Can you heal a graze on your leg? Is that all you can do?"
"I can stop a bullet, you-" she laughed again.
"A bullet! Is that honestly the best you can do?" She turned back to the shattered land. "Heal this" She threw her arm towards me and my arm was pulled viciously from my shoulder. I felt each strand of muscle snap and heard the sharp click as the two pieces of bone separated. I screamed.
"Anna! Are you ok?" Lewis looked around from where he was protecting the only way onto the roof.
"I'm, fine, never... better" I was fighting for breath as I grabbed my arm and shoved it back into its joint. The muscle cells interwove again and I was whole again.
"Is that the best you can do?" I flung Flora's words back at her.
"Not even close." And as my legs were pulled from underneath me, I knew that she, the Flora I had once known, had disappeared forever.