Hunger and Sunlight

- Sabu -

"Back in my past life, when I was still a child, I was an orphan who lived with other orphans."

Elijah, despite how crowded his thoughts were, made a point to listen. He leaned in as Sabu spoke.

"We were not being raised in an orphanage by some kind owner. We were being raised for a future of killing. Beatings, food denial, and practicing the most efficient ways to kill a target. That was our daily lives." As Sabu got deeper into his past his expression would stiffen.

"There was a week, maybe two, where we had gone without food entirely. Certain parts of the memory are hazy. The faces of the other children, the time, even what I looked like, but there is one part that has stayed clear in my mind."

Sabu began rubbing his arm slowly.

"We had been told that the end of our fast would be a special day. None of us believed it to be anything good. We had be