The pounding in my head is unstoppable. I'm sitting down, but I might as well be lying on the floor in a doorway with someone repeatedly banging a door on my head.
Chin to my chest, I can feel blood slowly dripping from my nose, making it impossible to breathe. It tastes coppery on my tongue, and my throat is dry from having to breathe through my mouth.
Despite my entire body being in pain, some parts are clearly becoming numb. My hands and feet, for example. I'm barely conscious, but I can tell it's because of the ropes around my wrists and ankles.
My hands are tied together behind the back of a chair, and the fact that my head is drooping in front of me pulls painfully at my shoulders, but I don't have the strength to lift it up. In a herculean effort, I attempt to move my legs to feel for wiggle room, but my ankles seem tightly bound to the front two legs of the chair.
Even I have to admit this doesn't look too good, but it wouldn't be the first time I'm in this position.
