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It is past 8 in the morning when she begins to move her fingers. The frost slips off with a crack. She has been frozen for about fourteen hours. Exactly as her training said. Fourteen hours a statue. She can’t remember much. She never saw the person who froze her. Only the blue cloud of gas that covered her face. The haze of ice crystals over her glasses. The sound of someone walking in the room, closing the door, disappearing down the hallway. Then the gradual unconsciousness. The occasional awakenings, brief, cold and frightening. The inability to move. The helplessness. And the return of sleep. Until the morning light came in.

It is only when she falls to the floor, thawed at last, but weak, that she realizes the wait has ended. The situation is active at last.

At least the document is safe.

Description
It is past 8 in the morning when she begins to move her fingers. The frost slips off with a crack. She has been frozen for about fourteen hours. Exactly as her training said. Fourteen hours a statue. She can’t remember much. She never saw the person who froze her. Only the blue cloud of gas that covered her face. The haze of ice crystals over her glasses. The sound of someone walking in the room, closing the door, disappearing down the hallway. Then the gradual unconsciousness. The occasional awakenings, brief, cold and frightening. The inability to move. The helplessness. And the return of sleep. Until the morning light came in.

It is only when she falls to the floor, thawed at last, but weak, that she realizes the wait has ended. The situation is active at last.

At least the document is safe.