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The words roared like thunder in her broken eardrum.
Reluctantly she dipped her hand into the poisoned pool beneath her, grimacing at the pain.
What felt like a million matched being lit against her skin, the pain soon dissuaded.
Only to be awakened again...by a sudden shove from behind.
The liquid greedily swallowed its newest victim.
The audience grew silent as the water now tauntingly rippled, hungry for more of the weak, hopeless, and afraid.

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