She knows that any doctor is going to chastise her for taking something off a strange, but right now Raven will take it. She knows she deserves it, and if anybody has a way of getting AlIE out of her head, she's willing to listen. She's tried to drown her out with noise and with exercise and with alcohol and so far nothing has worked, so it's probably time to turn to the professionals.
She knows as soon as she thinks it that ALIE isn't going to like it, however. Whatever her end game is, being extracted from Raven's brain definitely doesn't factor in, and the minute Raven starts considering replying yes, she can hear her voice, yelling at her, threatening her.
After a month she has more of an inkling of what's been happening, and she knows that the pain in her leg is gone because somehow ALIE has a way of shutting off the pain receptors in her brain. Logically, she knows that she has the ability to take away the blockers, and when she goes to agree with Elias, the voice in her head starts threatening to do exactly that. The pain will be back, the memories will be back, and when the warning comes she says it will be worse, much worse.
But anything is better than not having control over her own mind. Raven steels herself, nods. "Whatever it takes," she says. "Please."
As soon as the words are out of her mouth she sees ALIE frown, her eyes narrowed, and then all the pain she's been blocking over the last month comes back in a rush. It's overwhelming, the pain ricocheting through her leg and her spine, exploding in her head, and Raven screams, doubling over.
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She knows as soon as she thinks it that ALIE isn't going to like it, however. Whatever her end game is, being extracted from Raven's brain definitely doesn't factor in, and the minute Raven starts considering replying yes, she can hear her voice, yelling at her, threatening her.
After a month she has more of an inkling of what's been happening, and she knows that the pain in her leg is gone because somehow ALIE has a way of shutting off the pain receptors in her brain. Logically, she knows that she has the ability to take away the blockers, and when she goes to agree with Elias, the voice in her head starts threatening to do exactly that. The pain will be back, the memories will be back, and when the warning comes she says it will be worse, much worse.
But anything is better than not having control over her own mind. Raven steels herself, nods. "Whatever it takes," she says. "Please."
As soon as the words are out of her mouth she sees ALIE frown, her eyes narrowed, and then all the pain she's been blocking over the last month comes back in a rush. It's overwhelming, the pain ricocheting through her leg and her spine, exploding in her head, and Raven screams, doubling over.