[What...is he talking about? Hatoko's line of thinking was sent off course. For a while, she was too confused to grasp it all.

Her feelings were mixed; she was extremely relieved that he had yet to doubt a word of what she'd said, and a horrible sense of an oncoming storm made her throat tighten as each passing second elapsed and his misunderstanding of past events made her re-evaluate their current situation.]

No, that's not...

[Her whole body feels cold.]

I'm not dead. Am I...dead?