She stood in front of her mirror, a small vial of high-grade painkillers in her hand. The Agency explicitly warned against using these specific suppressants. The chemicals were incredibly strong and actively toxic. Taking them frequently would rapidly damage the host body's liver and kidneys, accelerating physical degradation.
Heena stared at the pills for a long moment, the dull, relentless throbbing at the base of her skull threatening to spike again.
She poured the pills into her hand and swallowed them dry.
What did it matter if the medicine destroyed her liver or her kidneys? She was already dying. The brain tumor was a ticking time bomb that was going to completely shut her body down in a year or two—maybe even less, given the rapid onset of her symptoms.
