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To hell and back

Catherine Cho wakes on a bed in a room that’s “white, stark and plain”. She’s wearing a hospital robe, and her arms are strapped down. Her hands are clenched, and she notices there are strands of hair in them. A man in the room introduces himself as Nmandi and asks her if she sees him.

They have

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