She doesn't answer for a few long steps.

"Every day. Every time I fell asleep. Sometimes walking around in broad daylight. I could see the bullet spiralling towards my head in slow motion. I felt the impact, felt it push me over backwards. I could hear the medics that responded to the scene. I could hear the doctors working on me, trying to save my life."

"All the while, walking around, interacting with people I imagined were only constructs of my own mind."