97 NINETY SEVEN: Flawed Calculations

Could the same thing apply to people? Kel wondered, sneaking a glance at Soren. His mouth was pressed into a fine line, and his eyes were darkened and out of focus. He was watching the birdcage, but his mind was somewhere far away.

Was the reason this man was also 'positively, beautifully mad' because he'd been trapped down here for so long?

"I wonder if they were lovers," Soren went on darkly, "or if they were brothers."

Kel gulped, taking another peek at the hideous scene in the birdcage. Regardless of the kind of love shared between the birds, their relationship had become twisted into something grotesque. Their only connection now, no matter who they'd been in the past to each other, was that of a killer and a victim.

"Which one do you think went mad first?" Soren whispered. "The one who died or the one who killed."

"Clearly, it was the one who died."