There was nothing but an empty echo in reply to his call. He was alone here... wherever here was. He'd been freed from his chains, but he was still inside a cage. Was he a pet of some kind? Were people watching him right now? In response to his thought, suddenly he could feel eyes on him. They must have been laughing at him, at the way he crawled around, unable to see. Surely he was in a cage in a big white room, and there were glass windows where people could watch his suffering. Someone was making a profit, treating him like a zoo animal.<br/><br/>Maybe that's what that letter was, a welcome letter: Welcome to your new home, you're our new main attraction. What kind of sick place was this. He couldn't stand anymore. His legs felt weak and they soon collapsed under him. He could hear the people laughing at him. The children pointed at him and asked to keep him as a pet. No, no! He didn't want to be a pet!<br/><br/>That laughter; he had to get it out of his head! Oh, if only he'd been def instead of blind! Warui crouched against the wall and plugged his ears, rocking slightly. The laughter died down. It must have been close to closing time. Why hadn't the zoo keepers fed him yet? Maybe they intended to let him starve to death. Maybe a starving blind boy was more entertaining than a regular blind boy. Those bastards, he hated them! He would find his own way out then.<br/><br/>Carefully, he crawled with his hand to the wall until he reached his chains. He grabbed one and hurled it against the wall. There was a resounding clang in the large room. He did it again and it bounced back and hit him in the shoulder. Warui collapsed, clutching his aching shoulder. What's worse, his assaults didn't seem to have any effect on the cage whatsoever.<br/><br/>After a moment, he got a different idea. He gripped the walls of the cage and walked around slowly, feeling for anything like a door. Soon his hand gripped it. It was something like a lock. He could feel the keyhole on the outside and carefully pulled the small silver key out of his pocket. To his amazement, it fit in the lock, and with a quick turn the door swung open.<br/><br/>Warui sat down and used his foot to feel how far away the ground was. He couldn't be sure his cage wasn't on a ledge. Carefully, he moved into a crawling position and crept out of his cage. He felt everywhere with his hands before he moved forward.<br/><br/>He couldn't be sure since he was blind, but the room seemed fairly large and empty. Maybe his cage was more like his room, and this space was for him to play it. Or maybe the zoo keepers had left food out here for him. He sniffed the air. It was faint, but he could smell something slightly... rotten. He wasn't sure what it was. Maybe the food they'd left him was already going bad. Gingerly, he crept toward where he thought the smell was coming from, determined to eat his meal before the spectators came back to poke fun at him.