It has been days. My whole body ached with unchecked injuries, from my stinging wrists and ankles to my ever-swelling eye. I knew if I didn’t have my eye checked out soon, I would probably lose sight in it. Granted, since I wasn’t sure what caused the trauma to it, losing my eye was the worst case. Despair thickened the room, with only the faint sounds of the chains echoing against the stone as we moved. I opened my single eye and looked across to Dasan. We had become familiar with each other’s screams with each quarterly check. Yet, we remained unbroken. Through whispered conversations in the dark, we kept our will in check as we drew on each other for strength. They kept us just fed enough to remain alive, but every day, I could feel myself grow weaker. I wasn’t sure how much more of thi
