Get In The Ring, Daddy.
She navigates by instinct, her head tilted slightly, searching blindly for sound or sensation.
A network of dried, dark blood streaks her features, clotting her hair and caking around her mouth and nose. More of it stained the tattered fabric of her clothes, which hung like rags from her shoulders, offering no warmth or dignity.
The exposed skin of her arms and legs is a horrific sight, covered in a shocking, extensive pattern of deep, patchy, multi-colored bruises, shades of purple, green, and yellow overlapping in a terrible collage.
She is not walking; she is being dragged forward by an unrelenting will, a silent testament to the pain made visible.