The more he sucked, the less pain she felt. It was like everything was happening from very far away, as if she was underwater. When he spoke it was garbled and distorted, and she just barely made his words out.
And she had none of her own.
She couldn't even move from the spot she had been dropped; just lie still, like a broken doll. Her neck felt so strange now; burning.
Her lips moved; not nothing seemed to come out. And then she was gone; and Sassy was back, touching her. She was so cold; but couldn't feel herself shivering. "Ss..."