I thought Emanuel would go straight for the man's neck with the log that I had handed him, but he didn’t. The fear seemed to paralyse him. Unable to make a decision, he just stared blankly at the man, perceiving him to be our impending death. That, however, was just his fear of fooling him.
“Boy? What’s the matter with you?” The guard mocked Emanuel. “He seems so scared. Look at his pale face. I wonder if he’d bleed white if I were to cut him?”
Emanuel took one step towards the man and said the most obnoxious thing to him, “Did anybody tell you before that you’re a monster?”
I thought the man would run wildly towards Emanuel because of the meanness of his comment. Instead, he smiled pleasantly as if he was being rewarded for a brave deed. The man blushed as he answered, “I was in the a
