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[Emma's back, and she's finally awake. And once she realizes where she is? She's hyperventilating and standing up. There's no sense in just sitting on the ground anymore. And she's immediately looking for her journal because it's cold, and it's dirty, and she has no idea what's waiting for her in the forest.

She's so in shock that she isn't breaking

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[She never got a chance to ask Mr. Hanekoma about if he was okay. Everyone else returned to normal, but the words "homicidal impulses" is the first phrase to come to Emma's mind when she hears him over the network.]

Oh, um, no, Wonder...I mean, Diana is coming for me. She can fly, you know, and it's...fine. I'll be fine.

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I'll be fine. Diana is someone I trust very much.

...it's not that, it's not any of that. I just...can't handle this, it's not something I'm capable of. I don't like dirt, and I don't like unclean places, and I don't like dried blood on my arms. I don't even know what they did to me, and this is all I can think about. [She's a little hysterical, waiting for Diana to come. She feels a whole new level of helpless and weak now.]

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I don't know. I just--I'm trying not to break down even more than I am already. I've been here five months, and I've been trying so hard not to give up like this, but I just can't keep it up.

I've heard people come back before. It's hard for them, too, I know that. I'm not saying it isn't. Everyone here is just so good at being strong, I...really don't know why I'm here, what they see in me. I don't have fancy powers or come from a strange place where this happens all the time, I'm just...not sure if I can keep this up or get used to all of this anymore.

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[There's a long pause as she tries to calm herself down; she knows she's dumping on Mr. Hanekoma, and she wants to stop. She just hates this place again.]

You're right, I just...never mind, I'm really sorry about this. Is it okay if I talk to you...when I've calmed down a little? I really just want to sit here and try to cry a little before Wonder Woman gets here.

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[There's a noise from her end, as she tries to say something else, but she pauses.]

Thanks.