The warehouse was immediately plunged into a deathly silence. The children, always too afraid to make a sound, still dared not approach Lair lying in the pool of blood, as if he was no longer a person but a corpse awaiting decay.
No one knew how much time had passed before he ambiguously made a sound.
"Why... did this happen?"
The children exchanged glances, unsure if Lair was talking to himself or to them.
Only Bai Wei knew he was talking to himself.
So Bai Wei ponderously spoke: "Which part are you referring to?"
"All of it..." Lair rasped, "I don't understand... What exactly did I do wrong... I just wanted to live a better life, to prove to my family that I was right... that's all, but this world... is unfair to me, truly unfair."
"Where is it unfair?"
"Everywhere." Lair said in a low voice, "People outside... are born with a vast sky, fresh air, a past and a future, but we have none of that, can't even imagine it."
"Is that really unfair?"
"Isn't it?"
