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It seems impossible. It is impossible. She can't wrap her mind around it: she was dead. She felt her bones turn to dust and felt her lungs breathe her last breath and her heart jump into her throat before it all just—stopped. The bare arctic tundra was her last sight and Miss Martian's scream was the last sound she recalled and in one sudden flash of light it all disappeared.

The concept of nothingness took on a whole new meaning as she drifted: there was no sight, nor sound, or touch or taste or anything. No way to think or react or feel at all. Artemis became a being of the past, present and future all at once, without emotion or thought or meaning. She just was.

Waking up from that nightmare of utter silence was terrifying—and relieving all at once. She couldn't remember anything, but she would never forget it. She sucked in air in a rush, her heart restarting with a painful thud. Sounds bombarded her: Batman's deep rumble, Martian Manhunter's worry, M'gann's whimpers and loudest of all, Wally's concern for her. For her. And despite the fear of their mentors, the heaviness in her heart, that tone in his voice nearly made her smile.

Too much, her mind said, too much emotion and feeling and everything too soon after being almost nothing. She sat up, and her head swam. Everything was bright and blurry and she wanted nothing more than to find a nice, soft bed and leave all of this physical...stuff. The explanation Martian Manhunter gave was too much for her to comprehend, but the wary, bitter part of her murmured, another gift she doesn't have to work for.

Artemis ignored that, the same way she ignored Wally's anxious stares, closed her eyes and tried to block it all out.

Oh my God you guys, go watch Failsafe now. It's AMAZING. M'gann is suddenly a BADASS and there's Waltermis EVERYWHERE. I love it!

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