maimed raze the trap has snapped your spine, its torsion spring uncoiled by curiosity. your broken body lies between the fulcrum and the load. whatever fight there was in you has fled. i can't begin to imagine the pain you're in. i set you free and stroke your soft fur. i'm so sorry, i say. i'm so sorry. i'm so sorry. until the words don't mean anything anymore. until i'm sobbing and snot is streaming down my face. you don't make a sound. your unblinking eyes stare into mine and ask a quiet question i have no answer for. they're still open when your heart stops beating. 260410 what's it to you? who go blather from