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Abha’s hands burst into flames, shocking both of them. His shirt in her fists burns to ash, and his head drops back onto the thin mattress. He screams, watching fire dance across his bare chest. Abha reacts by grabbing the back of his head with one flaming hand, while slugging him in the face with

Abha slaps away his hand. She leaps up to her feet, knocking Sunil back in the process. She gives him another, harder, shove to the chest. He trips backwards, landing back into the cot with a hard thud. Before he knows it, she jumps on top of him. She digs an elbow into his midsection,

When Abha does not respond, Sunil instead offers down a hand to her.

From somewhere outside the cell bars, the horrific scream wails again. It startles Sunil, but Abha does not react.