FeR

You walk into a naturally bright room. You hear people coughing…some may be wheezing. All of them are sitting on individual beds, dressed in green gowns. You look at one of them, she seems to have teary eyes…you shift your gaze at another, she looks tired and deflated.
Then, you see women in white uniforms bringing a few plastic containers with orange-y liquid.
Those women who were sitting on individual beds suddenly perked up. They looked pretty eager to see the containers being distributed. Women who were young, old, fat, thin, wrinkly, short, tall, dark, fair.
As the liquid turned into vapour, the women inhales the gas as deeply and as quickly as they could. You hear sighs of relief from every corner of the room. The women seem much more relaxed now and happy. They are now more receptive to you and your counselling.

This whole thing reminds me of drug dependent people (drug addicts, to be blunt) getting their fix. But it was actually just patients getting their daily nebulisers for their asthmatic conditions. *hehe*