The original Awoken were created by the conflicting Light and Dark energies towards the end of the Collapse
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Awoken 3, during the collapse, that fateful day. The "Awoken" speaking was more afraid of whatever was under their skin, the Other, than they were of the destruction going on around them. First card that specifically talks about what happened to them during the collapse.
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It is likely they are simply talking about the Darkness inside them now. They had lived under the Light of the Traveler for so long, that this Other sickened them