In the back of her mind she registers the fact that Elias is holding her, saying her name over and over. She tries to focus on him but her eyes keep squeezing shut as the pain takes over and Raven can't think about anything else. It's pain like she's never felt in her life, like everything she's ever experienced is crashing back at once. All those cuts the Grounders had covered her in when she'd been framed for the poison, the bullet entering her spine, the surgery without anaesthesia, the drill. It all hits her at once and it's all she can do to hold on, to force her eyes open.

When she does it's not Elias she sees but ALIE, lingering close and shaking her head. "Just say the word, Raven," she says, her tone cool and calm as ever. "I can make it stop."

Raven knows what she wants, knows that all her attempts to drown her out over the past few weeks have been testing her patience. She's aggressive, for an AI, and Raven knows that if she lets her do what she wants, she'll spread herself around the city. She can't let that happen and she still has enough presence of mind to fight back. She grits her teeth, focuses on Elias's voice and manages to nod. She doesn't know how they're going to treat her without any physical symptoms, the pain just screaming in her head, but she doesn't trust herself to hold out on ALIE alone anymore.