AN UNEXPECTED EXCHANGE - PART 5

Ash opened his eyes slowly, still confused by what he had just felt. He tried to sit up, and when he raised his hands, he froze. They were not his. They were larger, delicate, clearly his mother's hands. He blinked several times, trying to figure it out.

“It must be an illusion,” he thought. He closed his eyes tightly, took a deep breath and opened them again.

The same hands were still there.

A shiver ran through his body. Just then he heard footsteps and looked up. In front of him was his mother, watching him... but with her own head laid on Ash's body.

Ash froze, not knowing what to say as he continued to stare in awe at those delicate, well-manicured hands.