Elena spoke to the nurse, who wrote my name on a sticker and pressed it to my coat.

“Ten minutes,” the nurse said.

“She’s been asking for water.”

The room was dim except for the stripe of light under the bathroom door.

Sophia was awake, both hands around her rabbit’s left ear.

The rabbit had a hospital bracelet around one paw now.

“They gave him one too,” she whispered.

“He earned it.”