I feigned a yawn: "Please, let me sleep first... I'll do anything the group decides, I'll take any partner... I have to sleep..."
Without waiting for consent, I curled up, pulled my hood over my face and pretended to sleep.
I needed time for myself so very badly. All those words, I used and didn't sound familiar to me anymore... relicts from somewhere... pictures flashing in my mind, I could not place... What was going on?