Daniel felt empty. Like there was no soul inhabiting his body anymore. He was just a vessel, existing in autopilot and for a second he wished he would get killed by those men. He would just cease to exist and hope that maybe in his next life he would be able to stand next to him, without fear, without the pain.
His blank stare hadn't been left unnoticed, his knees brought close to his chest, the voices of everyone else as they talked were distant, as if they were thousands meters away. He couldn't focus nor think, even though thinking, calculating a situation was all that he knew how to do. Now that he was gone he was left alone, useless with no goal in life. Was this how Mikael felt when they lied about that girl? Had he caused such an enormous pain to others too? Because right now the only feeling still existing in his was sorrow, devastatingly heavy, chains wrapped around his legs and hands, a cuff on his neck making it hard to breathe he was shackled by his own pain.
