Gemotions

The light shifted, and she felt as if she were in a dream. It all felt…wrong. All the faces, all the items, were blurry and undefined. Then, a glimpse of the familiar. A bear, its fur thin and matted, sat among a pile of chipped dishes. It was… hers?

She reached for it, her hand shaking. Her heart hammered against her ribs. The other shoppers seemed to recede into the distance. She felt a strange pull at her chest, a longing she couldn't understand.

She took the bear, paid the vendor, and started walking, her legs moving on autopilot. She didn’t know where she was going, she just knew she had to.