Is this her fate, her life depleted by cancer?

Honestly, I wasn’t thinking cancer at all. Interesting how that seemed so obvious to you and not to me, even with the shaved head.

“Dirt under her fingernails” vs. “picking her way under manicured trees.”

Love it!

Cancer was not my intention – but I was wondering if anyone would take it that direction, since the her head was shaved on her first day in the complex… Nice job with that, AR. :3

Having ones head completely shaved leaves a feeling of “less than human”.

This carries my original thought out very closely. The ending seems borderling mystical – my intention in the original story wass more sci-fi (in a tech way) than fantasy… but a closer inspection of the door has yet to take place.

All in all, I like this as it’s own story, and as a sequel to my own imagination.

Interesting and rather magical take on the story. I like the bit of mental hesitation between following the strange voice and striking out on her own.