Christian felt helpless. Shivering and shaking in his wake. He felt the restraints as the metal clinked around his wrists. He could feel the iron biting in on his skin as he pulled against them. He stood on his toes as his body was set ablaze. His skin on fire as the once feather soft rays of light now sheepishly peeped into the room.
Apologetic about the part they played in the scene that unfolded in front of them. He imagined the light shied away ever so slightly, reverting away its eyes to afford them the reprieve of their humiliation at not being gazed upon. Trying what they could to make it, ever so slightly better for them.
The air hung low as the stench of charred skin muffled the loud screams of pain that echoed through the damp walls. The walls chanting again the promise that they will never reiterate of the tale of woe that it was forced to watch every day.
Helpless.