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Lyvia
spent the night hanging, going back and forth
between reality and a world free of pain beyond
her mind. Every return to the world was painful.
It began with the pain under her shoulders,
which carried to weight of her body. Then the
pulsating pain on her broken hands. The pain
in her chest as she tried to breath.
As the sun rised
and the soldiers began to move, she was fully
consciouss, thirsty, feeling every inch of her
body in pain. She could not talk, she could
not utter a word beyond her lips but she wanted
water.
Some people were
still around, keeping a silent, sad vigil. Amongst
them the young girl she tried to help and the
old man. The girl read her mind, perhaps her
lips, she knew Lyvia was thirsty. "Water"
she told the old man. "She wants water".
The Old man went
to a soldier. "Please, give her some water".
The soldier looked at Lyvia, her hanging body
trembling in pain. "We'll be taking her
down now, I'll make her have a drink then.
The soldiers went
to the post and released the ropes that kept
Lyvia hanging, lowering her body slowly to the
ground.
Lyvia felt the ground
under her feet first, then her legs and soon
her entire body was laying on the muddy dirt
road.
The young girl, almost
instinctively, run to her, she had a flask belonging
to the old man. She harried to the tortured
woman and using her hand as a cup, began to
give water to the young slave. A soldier tried
to stop her but his superior, moved by the girl's
action, stopped him.
Lyvia opened her
eyes and saw the young girl giving her water.
She smiled and opened her mouth to let the liquid
fall inside.
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