Hadri

Since I left an arm behind, the hand that isn't there is the first thing to go numb every morning. I don't count how many kids that hand hauled upright.

• MirhaOld man, if you'd told me it was numb I'd have needled it three times by now!
  HadriNeedle it if a needle brings the arm back.
• NeilaHadri, your price is still twelve silver. You do stick around, don't you.
  HadriDon't say my name only when you're quoting a price.

The kids sleep with their feet pushed into the spot where sunlight falls through the iron bars. Not because it's warm. Because it's all they've got.

• MirhaTheir feet get burnt raw in that spot. How many times have I told you, old man?
  HadriKeep telling me. They'll still all sleep there anyway.
• DuralBoss, write things like that and people start feeling for our kids. It muddies the odds.
  HadriLet it muddy.