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You are in the basement of a cabin. For as far as you know you have always been in the basement of a cabin.
You're just waiting. You know someone will come someday.
Time is a muddled concept to you, at least until now, because for the first time in however long it has been you hear someone that is not you.
Somewhere above you something moves.
In that moment you feel something you've never felt before. Hope.
You do not think to yell.
Much later, once you are within her safe warmth, you realise you couldn't have done a thing at all.
They do yell however, they yell, "I'm going to jump now!" overshadowing the sound of waves intermingling with waves, crashing against rock.
And then another new thing happens, your space is dark. Only for a fleeting moment.
Then they are gone.
And you realise your waiting continues, it hurts. You vow to yourself to never act so silly again, to feel things like that, you don't need hope.
You wonder if you deserve this.
They return, much, much, later. You know. You'd remember that voice anywhere.