Woodsedge

I didn't know what I had expected!

The lamps, which I had noticed previously, hung above a row of what appeared to be inhabited cot beds directly across the opposite side of the wall. I didn't trust my eyes in the semi-darkness. This was not what I expected. I stared before me in complete and utter amazement.

These beds held a number of seemingly comatose figures - I could just make out the shapes under the bedclothes, just about eight of them. Most of them were completely static, almost as i...