Perhaps shell shocked would be a little more... accurate.
That said, it is nice to be out in the open again. How I have longed to hear the chatter of faraway people and feel that blissful kiss of sunlight upon my skin once more, nourishing my body with its delectable warmth. Even the grains of sand that are blown up at my legs are a welcoming sensation- another reminder that I am both alive and here, and not hauled up in my bedroom in Vriryn playing make believe. For the amount of times that my mother has locked me indoors as a punishment for some off hand comment I had made, or another foiled attempt to get outdoors with Alastor, truly has made me appreciate the outside world just a little bit more.
